Shloka 37
Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta
अतो जगाम रामोऽसौ प्रतिलोमां सरस्वतीम् ।
ततः परं शृणुष्वेमं पाण्डवेयकथाश्रयम् ॥
ato jagāma rāmo 'sau pratilomāṃ sarasvatīm | tataḥ paraṃ śṛṇuṣvemaṃ pāṇḍaveyakathāśrayam ||
അതിനുശേഷം ആ രാമൻ സരസ്വതിയുടെ മേലോട്ടു യാത്ര ചെയ്തു. തുടർന്ന്, പാണ്ഡവേയ ആഖ്യാനചക്രത്തെ ആധാരമാക്കിയ ഈ വൃത്താന്തം കേൾക്കുക।
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FAQs
The verse functions as a narrative hinge: it signals movement through sacred space (the Sarasvatī) and a shift to a new instructional story-line. Ethically, such transitions in Purāṇas emphasize that dharma is best understood through layered exempla—one story leading into another to illuminate conduct, lineage, and consequence.
This is primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Itihāsa-linked narration (accounts connected with royal lineages and epic cycles), rather than direct Sarga/Pratisarga. It introduces a kathā-āśraya (story-basis) tied to the Pāṇḍava tradition, a common Purāṇic method for embedding dharma and history through genealogical-epic material.
‘Pratiloma’ (upstream/against the current) can be read symbolically as moving against habitual flow—an inner reversal toward source (tīrtha as both ford and spiritual crossing). The Sarasvatī, often associated with hidden/inner currents and sacred speech, frames the coming narrative as not merely historical but also a conduit for deeper meaning carried by the tradition.