Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

सा तु ध्याता महाराज ऋषिभ: सत्रयाजिभि: । समागतानां राजेन्द्र साहाय्यार्थ महात्मनाम्‌

Transliteration

sā tu dhyātā mahārāja ṛṣibhiḥ satrayājibhiḥ | samāgatānāṃ rājendra sahāyārthaṃ mahātmanām ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Но она, о великий царь, была предметом созерцания у риши, совершавших длительные жертвенные сессии; и она пришла вместе с ними, о владыка царей, дабы помочь тем высокодушным, что собрались там.»

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ध्याता: a meditator; one who contemplated
• ध्याता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यातृ (from ध्यै)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• ऋषिभिः: by/with sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सत्रयाजिभिः: by/with performers of satra-sacrifices
• सत्रयाजिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्रयाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समागतानाम्: of those who had assembled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समागत (from सम्-आ-गम्)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• साहाय्यार्थम्: for the purpose of assistance
• साहाय्यार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled ones
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (implied by vocatives mahārāja/rājendra)
• ṛṣis (sages)
• satrayājins (performers of satra-sacrifice)
• mahātmans (high-souled persons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the efficacy of concentrated contemplation and sacrificial discipline: the righteous, acting in concert (satra), draw supportive forces toward the welfare of noble aims—suggesting that spiritual effort is meant to culminate in assistance to dharmic undertakings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a ‘she’ who is invoked/remembered by sages engaged in a satra; in response, she joins the assembled great-souled ones specifically to provide them help, indicating a moment where ascetic-sacrificial action leads to timely support.