Shloka 54
Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative
ततः कुण्जान् बहून् कृत्वा संनिवृत्ता सरस्वती । ऋषीणां पुण्यतपसां कारुण्याज्जनमेजय
tataḥ kuñjān bahūn kṛtvā saṃnivṛttā sarasvatī | ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyatapasāṃ kāruṇyāj janamejaya ||
അതിനുശേഷം, ജനമേജയാ! അനേകം കുഞ്ജങ്ങളും തോട്ടങ്ങളും സൃഷ്ടിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് സരസ്വതി മടങ്ങിപ്പോയി; പുണ്യതപസ്സുള്ള ആ ഋഷിമാരോടുള്ള കരുണ അവളുടെ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ഉണർന്നതിനാൽ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that true spiritual merit (puṇya-tapas) can elicit compassion and restraint even from powerful forces; holiness is portrayed as ethically transformative, prompting mercy rather than harm.
Vaiśampāyana tells King Janamejaya that Sarasvatī, after creating many groves/thickets, withdraws and turns back because compassion arises in her toward the holy ascetic sages.