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 ghrag1min
2b ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «О царь, и там стремительно текущая река была известна под именем Сурену. Когда Дакша Праджапати, совершая жертвоприношение у Гангадвары, призвал Сарасвати, её увидели текущей в том месте, и она прославилась как Сурену. Так же и великий мудрец Васиштха призвал Сарасвати, чьё течение божественно, в Курукшетре; и там она стала известна под именем Огхавати».

Word by Word

• ओघवती: Oghavatī (name of the river Sarasvatī)
• ओघवती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओघवत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• वसिष्ठेन: by Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सुरेणुः: Sureṇu (name/title)
• सुरेणुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेणु
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विख्याता: well-known/called
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्यात (क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रस्नुता: flowing forth/streaming
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-स्नु (क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शीघ्रगामिनी: swift-flowing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीघ्रगामिन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaibamp1yana
• Vasiha
• Daka Praj1pati
• Sarasvat
  2b
• Gag1dv1ra (Haridv1ra)
• Kuruketra
• Sureuu
• Oghavat
  2b

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred realities are remembered and accessed through dharmic ritual and lineage-tradition: the same Sarasvat
2b 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 Sarasvat
2b, when invoked during Daka's sacrifice at Gag1dv1ra, was known there as Sureuu; likewise, when Vasiha invoked her at Kuruketra, she became renowned as Oghavat
2b.