Shloka 123

Saptasārasvata-tīrtha-prasaṅgaḥ | The Saptasārasvata Pilgrimage Account and the Maṅkaṇaka Narrative

Devanagari script

प्रययौ सहितो विप्रैः स्तूयमानश्च॒ माधव: । हलधरने वहाँ भी ब्राह्मणोंको भेड़

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | prayayau sahito vipraiḥ stūyamānaś ca mādhavaḥ |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Мадхава (Баларама) отправился в путь вместе с брахманами, и они прославляли его. Там же Халадхара одарил брахманов разными богатствами — овцами, козами, коровами, ослами, верблюдами, а также золотом и серебром — и накормил их по их желанию; затем, удовлетворив их щедрыми дарами, он покинул то место вместе с брахманами. В то время брахманы весьма превозносили Балараму.

Word by Word

• प्रययौ: went forth, departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु √या)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, singular

• सहितः: accompanied (with)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• विप्रैः: by/with the Brahmins
• विप्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तूयमान (धातु √स्तु, कर्मणि वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• माधवः: Mādhava (Krishna)
• माधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mādhava (Balarāma)
• Brāhmaṇas (vipras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dāna and atithi-satkara (generous hospitality): a righteous person earns lasting honor not merely through power but through respectful support of the learned and the needy, fulfilling social and ethical obligations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Mādhava (Balarāma) leaves a place accompanied by brāhmaṇas, who praise him as he departs—implying he has just honored and satisfied them through gifts and hospitality.