Shloka 353

Devanagari script

तेषां लोकेष्वपश्यच्च जैगीषव्यं स देवल: । जो राजसूय और पुण्डरीक यज्ञके द्वारा यजन करते हैं, उनके लोकोंमें भी देवलने जैगीषव्यको देखा

Transliteration

teṣāṁ lokeṣv apaśyac ca jaigīṣavyaṁ sa devalaḥ |

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच— तेषां लोकेष्वपश्यच्च जैगीषव्यं स देवलः । राजसूयपुण्डरीकादिमहायज्ञकृतां लोकानपि देवलो जैगीषव्यं ददर्श ॥

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them

लोकेषुin the worlds

अपश्यत्saw

चand/also

जैगीषव्यम्Jaigīṣavya (a sage/person named Jaigīṣavya)

सःhe

देवलःDevala (a sage/person named Devala)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devala

Jaigīṣavya

Rājasūya (sacrifice)

Puṇḍarīka (sacrifice)

Lokas (heavenly worlds/realms)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s karmic worldview: great sacrifices lead to exalted realms, yet the presence and recognition of a sage like Jaigīṣavya within such realms suggests that spiritual stature and realized wisdom are esteemed even amid the highest ritual rewards.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Devala, while observing or moving through the reward-worlds associated with major sacrifices (Rājasūya and Puṇḍarīka), sees the sage Jaigīṣavya there—marking Jaigīṣavya’s distinguished standing in those celestial domains.