Shloka 34
Ārṣṭiṣeṇa’s Siddhi and the Tīrtha-Boons; Sindhudvīpa–Devāpi Brāhmaṇya; Viśvāmitra’s Tapas Begins
Devanagari script
तत्राप्लुत्य स धर्मात्मा उपस्पृश्य हलायुध:
Transliteration
tatrāplutya sa dharmātmā upaspṛśya halāyudhaḥ
Translation
അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ധർമാത്മാവായ ഹലായുധൻ (ബലരാമൻ) ആചമനം ചെയ്ത് ശുദ്ധിക്രിയ നിർവഹിച്ചു.
Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
आप्लुत्यhaving bathed / having plunged (into water)
आप्लुत्य:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootप्लु (धातु)
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मात्माrighteous-souled
धर्मात्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उपस्पृश्यhaving touched (water) / having performed ācamana
उपस्पृश्य:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृश् (धातु) उप-
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
हलायुधःHalāyudha (Balarāma; 'whose weapon is a plough')
हलायुधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहलायुध (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
H
Halāyudha (Balarāma)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even amid the pressures of a war narrative, the text highlights adherence to dharma through disciplined personal conduct—ritual cleanliness and self-purification as outward signs of inner restraint and righteousness.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Halāyudha (Balarāma), described as dharmātmā, bathes at that place and then performs the customary act of purification (upaspṛśya/ācamana), preparing himself in a ritually proper manner for what follows.