Mahabharata 9.50.33 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 50, Shloka 33
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
तेषां स्थान ततो यातं तथाग्निष्टोमयाजिनाम् । अग्निष्ठतेन च तथा ये यजन्ति तपोधना:
teṣāṁ sthānaṁ tato yātaṁ tathāgniṣṭomayājinām | agniṣṭhatenā ca tathā ye yajanti tapodhanāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: Sesudah itu dihuraikan alam yang telah ditentukan bagi mereka yang telah melaksanakan korban suci Agniṣṭoma; demikian juga alam yang dicapai oleh para pertapa yang kaya dengan tapa, yang bersembahyang melalui upacara Agniṣṭha. Petikan ini menegaskan bahawa tindakan ritual yang berdisiplin, dilakukan dengan kesucian dan pengendalian diri, dianggap membawa akibat rohani serta ganjaran yang pasti.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms a dharmic principle: disciplined sacrificial worship (yajña), especially when joined with austerity (tapas), is portrayed as producing a definite spiritual attainment—an appropriate ‘place’ or realm corresponding to one’s meritorious action.
Vaiśampāyana continues a descriptive account of posthumous attainments, indicating the realms reached by those who performed specific Vedic sacrifices—here, Agniṣṭoma and the Agniṣṭha rite—particularly by ascetics characterized as ‘rich in austerity’ (tapodhanāḥ).
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