Shalya Parva Adhyaya 38 Shloka 27 - Mahabharata | Portuguese | Vedapath

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Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

ओघवत्यपि राजेन्द्र वसिष्ठेन महात्मना

Transliteration

ohavaty api r1jendra vasihena mah1tman1 | sureuur iti vikhy1t1 prasnut1 ghrag1min2b ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ó rei, mesmo ali o rio de curso veloz era conhecido pelo nome Sureṇu. Quando Dakṣa Prajāpati, ao realizar um sacrifício em Gaṅgādvāra, invocou Sarasvatī, ela foi vista fluindo naquele lugar e tornou-se celebrada como Sureṇu. Do mesmo modo, o grande sábio Vasiṣṭha invocou Sarasvatī, de corrente divina, em Kurukṣetra; e ali ela se tornou famosa sob o nome Oghavatī.”

Word by Word

ओघवतीOghavatī (name of the river Sarasvatī)

अपिalso/even

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

वसिष्ठेनby Vasiṣṭha

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

सुरेणुःSureṇu (name/title)

इतिthus/so (quotative)

विख्याताwell-known/called

प्रस्नुताflowing forth/streaming

शीघ्रगामिनीswift-flowing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaibamp1yana

Vasiha

Daka Praj1pati

Sarasvat2b

Gag1dv1ra (Haridv1ra)

Kuruketra

Sureuu

Oghavat2b

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred realities are remembered and accessed through dharmic ritual and lineage-tradition: the same Sarasvat2b is encountered under different celebrated names in different holy contexts, showing continuity of sanctity across places and times.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaibamp1yana explains to the king that Sarasvat2b, when invoked during Daka's sacrifice at Gag1dv1ra, was known there as Sureuu; likewise, when Vasiha invoked her at Kuruketra, she became renowned as Oghavat2b.