Shloka 25

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

न वैमनस्यं तस्यास्तु मुखभेदो5थवाभवत्‌ | शरीरमग्निना55दीप्य जलमध्ये यथा स्थिता

Transliteration

na vaimanasyam tasyāstu mukhabhedo 'thavābhavat | śarīram agninā dīpya jalamadhye yathā sthitā ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– သူမ၌ စိတ်ညစ်ညူးခြင်း မပေါ်ပေါက်ခဲ့၊ မျက်နှာအရောင်လည်း မပြောင်းလဲခဲ့။ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာသည် မီးထဲတွင် တောက်လောင်နေသော်လည်း သူမသည် ရေထဲ၌ ရပ်နေသူကဲ့သို့ တည်ငြိမ်၍ စိတ်နှင့် မျက်နှာရောင်ခြည် မလှုပ်ရှားခဲ့။

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वैमनस्यम्: dejection, ill-feeling
• वैमनस्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैमनस्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्याः: of her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• अस्तु: was/let there be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin/Loṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मुखभेदः: change in the face (facial alteration)
• मुखभेदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुखभेद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथवा: or else, or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• अभवत्: was, occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अग्निना: by fire
• अग्निना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• दीप्य: having blazed/burned
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीप्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), ल्यप्

• जलमध्ये: in the midst of water
• जलमध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलमध्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• स्थिता: stood, remained
• स्थिता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• fire (agni)
• water (jala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights inner steadiness (dhairya) and self-mastery: even amid extreme suffering, a person firmly resolved in dharma does not succumb to despair, and their outward composure reflects inward discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a woman undergoing burning in fire, yet showing no mental sorrow and no change in facial radiance—an image of extraordinary calm, compared to someone standing in water while flames blaze.