Shloka 48
सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा
Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage
Devanagari script
तथेति चोकक््त्वा विबुधा जग्मू राजन् यथागता:
Transliteration
tatheti coktvā vibudhā jagmur rājan yathāgatāḥ
Translation
వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు: “తథాస్తు” అని వారు పలికి, ఓ రాజా, వచ్చిన దారినే తిరిగి వెళ్లిపోయారు; దైవోచిత మర్యాదను పాటిస్తూ సమ్మతించి, మరింత వాదం లేకుండా ఉపసంహరించుకున్నారు।
Word by Word
तथाthus
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
इतिso/thus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral for ktvā)
विबुधाःthe wise/learned ones
विबुधाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविबुध
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
जग्मुःwent
जग्मुः:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formलिट् (perfect), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
आगताःhaving come / who had come
आगताः:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
Formक्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaR
rājan (the king, i.e., Janamejaya)V
vibudhāḥ (celestial beings/devas)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even powerful beings act within propriety: after giving assent (“so be it”), they withdraw without prolonging dispute, modeling restraint and orderly conduct.
The narrator reports that the celestial beings, having responded “tathā” (“so be it”), depart and return by the same route they came, marking the close of their brief intervention.