Mahabharata 9.48.32 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 48, Shloka 32

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

इदं च ते तीर्थवरं स्थिरं लोके भविष्यति । सर्वपापापहं सुभ्रु नाम्ना बदरपाचनम्‌

Transliteration

idam ca te tīrthavaraṃ sthiraṃ loke bhaviṣyati | sarvapāpāpahaṃ subhru nāmnā badarapācanam ||

Translation

കൂടാതെ, സुभ്രൂ! നിന്റെ ഈ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ തീർത്ഥം ലോകത്തിൽ സ്ഥിരമായി നിലനിൽക്കും. ‘ബദരപാചനം’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായി, അത് സർവ്വപാപനാശിനിയായിരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तीर्थवरम्: the excellent sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थवरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थवर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्थिरम्: stable, enduring
• स्थिरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वपापापहम्: removing all sins
• सर्वपापापहम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपापापह
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सुभ्रु: O fair-browed lady
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभ्रू
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• नाम्ना: by name; with the name
• नाम्ना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बदरपाचनम्: ‘Badarapācana’ (name of the tīrtha)
• बदरपाचनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरपाचन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Subhru
• tīrtha (sacred ford/pilgrimage place)
• Badarapācana (tīrtha-name)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the dharmic idea that certain tīrthas, established through righteous association and remembrance, become enduring sources of purification—symbolically ‘removing sins’ and guiding people toward ethical renewal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana proclaims the lasting fame of a particular sacred place connected with Subhru, declaring that it will be known as ‘Badarapācana’ and revered as a sin-destroying tīrtha.