Shloka 11
Asita Devala Observes Jaigīṣavya’s Yogic Attainment and Chooses Mokṣa-dharma (देवल-जैगीषव्योपाख्यानम्)
पुण्ये तीर्थवरे तत्र देवब्रद्यर्षिसेविते मुनींश्चैवाभिवाद्याथ यमुनातीर्थमागमत्,पृथ्वीनाथ! देवताओं और ब्रह्मर्षियोंसे सेवित उस उत्तम पुण्यमय तीर्थमें मुनियोंको प्रणाम करके बलरामजी यमुनातीर्थमें आये, जहाँ अदितिके महाभाग पुत्र गौरकान्ति वरुणजीने राजसूय यज्ञका अनुष्ठान किया था
vaiśampāyana uvāca | puṇye tīrthavare tatra devabrahmarṣisevite munīṁś caivābhivādyātha yamunātīrtham āgamat | pṛthvīnātha |
Vaiśampāyana berkata: Di tīrtha yang paling suci dan penuh pahala itu, yang sering diziarahi para dewa dan resi agung, Balarāma terlebih dahulu memberi hormat kepada para muni, lalu meneruskan perjalanan ke tīrtha Sungai Yamunā.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic humility: honoring sages and sanctified places is a mark of righteous conduct, even for powerful figures. Reverence (abhivāda) and association with holy tīrthas are presented as ethically elevating.
The narrator states that Balarāma, after visiting an especially holy tīrtha attended by gods and great seers, salutes the sages there and then travels onward to the Yamunā ford.