Shloka 13

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

ततो मन्युपरीतात्मा जगाम यदुनन्दन: । तीर्थयात्रां हलधर: सरस्वत्यां महायशा:,इससे मन-ही-मन कुपित और खिन्न होकर महायशस्वी यदुनन्दन हलधर सरस्वतीके तटपर तीर्थयात्राके लिये चल दिये

Transliteration

tato manyuparītātmā jagāma yadunandanaḥ | tīrthayātrāṃ haladharaḥ sarasvatyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

Lalu, dengan jiwa diliputi amarah dan dukacita batin, keturunan Yadu yang termasyhur—Haladhara (Balarāma)—berangkat menunaikan ziarah suci di sepanjang Sungai Sarasvatī.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

मन्यु-परित-आत्माwhose mind was overcome by anger

जगामwent

यदु-नन्दनःthe delight/son of the Yadus (Balarāma)

तीर्थ-यात्राम्a pilgrimage

हल-धरःthe plough-bearer (Balarāma)

सरस्वत्याम्on/at the (river) Sarasvatī

महा-यशाःgreatly renowned

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yadunandana (Balarāma)

Haladhara (Balarāma)

Sarasvatī (river)

tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage)

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?

When anger and inner agitation arise, a dharmic response can be to step back from confrontation and seek purification and clarity through sacred discipline (here, pilgrimage), rather than letting passion drive harmful action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Balarāma, upset and inwardly angered, departs to undertake a pilgrimage along the Sarasvatī, removing himself from the immediate tensions of the war setting.