Shloka 74

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

हेतुना तु महाभागा निवर्तिष्यति केनचित्‌ । उनके ऐसा कहनेपर प्रजापति दक्ष देवताओंसे इस प्रकार बोले--“महाभाग देवगण! मेरी बात पलटी नहीं जा सकती। किसी विशेष कारणसे वह स्वतः निवृत्त हो जायगी ।।

Transliteration

hetunā tu mahābhāgā nivartiṣyati kenacit |

Translation

“ಮಹಾಭಾಗ ದೇವಗಣವೇ! ಯಾವುದೋ ವಿಶೇಷ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ಅದು ತಾನಾಗಿಯೇ ನಿವೃತ್ತಿಯಾಗುವುದು.”

Word by Word

• हेतुना: by a cause/reason
• हेतुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• महाभागा: the fortunate lady (O highly fortunate one)
• महाभागा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• निवर्तिष्यति: will cease/withdraw/turn back
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवृत् (नि + वृत्)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• केनचित्: by something/somehow; by some (unspecified) means
• केनचित्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that outcomes can change through an appropriate cause without contradicting an established statement—suggesting a dharmic balance between steadfast truth and the working of causality that leads to restraint or withdrawal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, narrating events, states that the concerned party will desist/withdraw due to some specific cause, indicating an impending turning point brought about indirectly rather than by reversing a prior decision.