Shloka 643

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

जैगीषव्ये तपश्चास्य प्रशंसन्ति तपस्विन: । तब बृहस्पति आदि सब देवता और तपस्वी वहाँ आकर जैगीषव्य मुनिके तपकी प्रशंसा करने लगे

Transliteration

jaigīṣavye tapaś cāsya praśaṃsanti tapasvinaḥ |

Translation

അവിടെ തപസ്വികൾ ജൈഗീഷവ്യന്റെ തപസ്സിനെ പ്രശംസിച്ചു. ബൃഹസ്പതി മുതലായ ദേവന്മാരും സിദ്ധ-മുനിമാരും അവിടെ എത്തി ആ മുനിയുടെ തപസ്സിനെ പുകഴ്ത്തി.

Word by Word

• जैगीषव्ये: in/at (the sage) Jaigīṣavya
• जैगीषव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जैगीषव्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him (of this one)
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise, commend
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तपस्विनः: ascetics, men of austerity
• तपस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Jaigīṣavya
• Bṛhaspati
• Devas (gods)
• Tapasvins (ascetics/sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True tapas—disciplined, sustained spiritual practice—commands respect across all levels of existence; even gods honor the moral and spiritual authority generated by genuine austerity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that sages/ascetics praise Jaigīṣavya’s austerities, and Bṛhaspati along with other deities arrive and join in commending the muni’s tapas.