Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

तत्र चैव महाराज दीक्षिते प्रपितामहे | यजतस्तस्य सत्रेण सर्वकामसमृद्धिना,महाराज! साक्षात्‌ ब्रह्माजीने उस यज्ञकी दीक्षा ली थी। उनके यज्ञ करते समय सबकी समस्त इच्छाएँ उस यज्ञद्वारा परिपूर्ण होती थीं

Transliteration

tatra caiva mahārāja dīkṣite prapitāmahe | yajatas tasya satreṇa sarvakāmasamṛddhinā ||

Translation

ହେ ମହାରାଜ! ସେଠାରେ ମହାପିତାମହ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ଦୀକ୍ଷା ଗ୍ରହଣ କରି, ସର୍ବକାମସମୃଦ୍ଧିଯୁକ୍ତ ସତ୍ରଯଜ୍ଞ କରୁଥିଲେ; ତାଙ୍କ ଯଜନ ସମୟରେ ସେହି ଯଜ୍ଞର ପ୍ରଭାବରେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଇଚ୍ଛା ପୂରଣ ହେଉଥିଲା।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दीक्षिते: when (he) was consecrated/initiated
• दीक्षिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीक्षित
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रपितामहे: in/at the great-grandfather (Brahmā)
• प्रपितामहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यजतः: of (him) sacrificing/performing worship
• यजतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सत्रेण: by/with the sacrificial session (sattra)
• सत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वकामसमृद्धिना: with (that which is) complete with the fulfillment of all desires
• सर्वकामसमृद्धिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकामसमृद्धि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Brahmā (as Prapitāmaha)
• Satra (sacrificial session)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic ideal that properly undertaken sacred duty (dīkṣā and yajña) sustains order and welfare: a righteous rite, performed with fullness and discipline, becomes a means by which collective needs are met rather than merely private gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes an occasion where the Grandsire (Brahmā) is consecrated for a great sacrificial session. As he performs the satra, it is portrayed as so efficacious and abundant that it brings fulfillment of desires for all present/concerned.