Shloka 18

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

स्‍्नात्वा समुद्रे विधिवच्छुचिर्जप्पं जजाप सः । कृतजप्याद्विक: श्रीमानाश्रमं च जगाम ह

Transliteration

snātvā samudre vidhivac chucir jappaṃ jajāpa saḥ | kṛtajapyādvikaḥ śrīmān āśramaṃ ca jagāma ha ||

Translation

ಅವನು ಸಮುದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿ ಶುದ್ಧನಾಗಿ ನಿಯತ ಮಂತ್ರಜಪವನ್ನು ಜಪಿಸಿದನು. ಜಪ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಬಂಧಿತ ಆಚರಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಆ ಶ್ರೀಮಂತನು ಆಶ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಟನು.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• समुद्रे: in the sea
• समुद्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विधिवत्: according to rule/ritually
• विधिवत्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)

• शुचिः: pure/clean
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जपम्: a muttered prayer/recitation
• जपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जजाप: recited/muttered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतजप्यात्: after completing the recitation (from the completed japa)
• कृतजप्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतजप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अद्विकः: Adhvika/Advika (proper name/epithet)
• अद्विकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्विक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: splendid/fortunate
• श्रीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आश्रमम्: to the hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• samudra (ocean)
• āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic discipline: purification (snāna) performed according to rule (vidhivat) should be followed by inner practice (japa). Ethical steadiness is shown by completing one’s prescribed observances and then returning to a life of restraint and duty (āśrama).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the (unnamed) illustrious person bathes in the ocean in the proper ritual manner, performs mantra-recitation (japa) to completion, and then goes to a hermitage—marking a transition from a purificatory rite to settled religious observance.