Shloka 24

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

उद्दालकेन यजता पूर्व ध्याता सरस्वती । आजगाम सरिच्छेष्ठा तं देशं मुनिकारणात्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | uddālakena yajatā pūrvaṁ dhyātā sarasvatī | ājagāma saricchreṣṭhā taṁ deśaṁ munikāraṇāt, rājan |

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଯଜ୍ଞ କରୁଥିବା ଉଦ୍ଦାଲକ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ଦେବୀଙ୍କୁ ଧ୍ୟାନ କରିଥିଲେ। ରାଜନ, ମୁନିମାନଙ୍କ ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ ସିଦ୍ଧି ପାଇଁ ନଦୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠା ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ସେ ଦେଶକୁ ଆସିଲେ।

Word by Word

• उद्दालकेन: by Uddālaka
• उद्दालकेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्दालक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यजता: while sacrificing / by (him) sacrificing
• यजता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly / earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• ध्याता: (he) meditated (on) / the meditator
• ध्याता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै
• Form: क्तृ (agent noun/participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī (goddess/river)
• सरस्वती: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आजगाम: came
• आजगाम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सरित्-श्रेष्ठा: the best of rivers
• सरित्-श्रेष्ठा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् + श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देशम्: country/region
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मुनि-कारणात्: because of the sage’s purpose / for the sake of the sage’s task
• मुनि-कारणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + कारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Uddālaka
• Sarasvatī
• munis (sages)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• deśa (that region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sincere yajña and focused meditation, undertaken for a righteous communal purpose, are portrayed as capable of invoking divine assistance; sacred power responds to dharmic intention rather than mere display.

What is happening in the narrative?

During Uddālaka’s sacrifice, his prior contemplation of Sarasvatī bears fruit: Sarasvatī, praised as the foremost river, comes to that land to fulfill the sages’ intended work.