Shloka 37

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

वर्तमाने महायज्ञे त्रितस्य सुमहात्मन:

Transliteration

vartamāne mahāyajñe tritasya sumahātmanaḥ

Translation

സുമഹാത്മാവായ ത്രിതന്റെ മഹായജ്ഞം പുരോഗമിക്കുമ്പോൾ, ആ പവിത്ര യജ്ഞമണ്ഡപത്തിൽ—വിധിയുടെ ക്രമവും ധർമ്മസങ്കൽപ്പവും തുടർന്നുള്ള സംഭവങ്ങൾക്ക് ചട്ടക്കൂടാകുന്നിടത്ത്—കഥ മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• वर्तमाने: in progress; occurring
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान (वृत् धातु, शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महायज्ञे: in the great sacrifice
• महायज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महायज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रितस्य: of Trita
• त्रितस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रित (नामन्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुमहात्मनः: of the very great-souled (one)
• सुमहात्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Trita
• mahāyajña (great sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds yajña as a setting where dharma is enacted through disciplined action and right intention; it signals that ethical meaning in the epic is often framed by ritual order and the character of the agent (here, the ‘great-souled’ Trita).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana introduces a scene by stating that Trita’s great sacrifice is currently underway, functioning as a temporal and thematic frame for the events that follow in the chapter.