Shloka 16

Asita Devala Observes Jaigīṣavya’s Yogic Attainment and Chooses Mokṣa-dharma (देवल-जैगीषव्योपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

तत्रापि लाड़ली देव ऋषीनभ्यर्च्य पूजया । इतरेभ्योडप्यदाद्‌ दानमर्थिभ्य: कामदो विभु:,सबकी इच्छा पूर्ण करनेवाले भगवान्‌ हलधरने उस तीर्थमें भी स्नान एवं ऋषियोंका पूजन करके अन्य याचकोंको भी धन दान किया

Transliteration

tatrāpi lāḍalī deva ṛṣīn abhyarcya pūjayā | itarebhyo 'py adād dānam arthibhyaḥ kāmado vibhuḥ ||

Translation

അവിടെയും സർവകാമദനായ വിഭുവായ ഹലധരൻ ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഋഷിമാരെ ഭക്തിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിച്ചു; മറ്റ് യാചകര്ക്കും ധനം ദാനമായി നൽകി.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

अपिalso

लाङ्गलीthe plough-bearer (Balarama)

देवःthe god, lord

ऋषीन्sages

अभ्यर्च्यhaving worshipped

पूजयाwith (due) honor/worship

इतरेभ्यःto others

अपिalso

अदात्gave

दानम्a gift, charity

अर्थिभ्यःto supplicants/beggars

कामदःwish-granting

विभुःthe mighty lord

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Balarāma (Haladhara)

Ṛ

Ṛṣis (sages)

Tīrtha (sacred ford/pilgrimage place)

Arthins (supplicants/beggars)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents dharmic conduct: one should honor sages and sacred places through worship, and practice generosity by giving to those who seek help—linking devotion with social responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Balarāma, while visiting a tīrtha, bathes there, worships the assembled sages, and then distributes wealth as charity to other petitioners as well.