Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

आप्लुत्य सलिले चापि पूजयामास वै द्विजान्‌ | राजन! वहाँसे हलधर बलभद्रजी पवित्र द्वैतववनमें आये और वहाँके नाना वेशधारी मुनियोंका दर्शन करके जलमें गोता लगाकर उन्होंने ब्राह्मणोंका पूजन किया ।। तथैव दत्त्वा विप्रेभ्य: परिभोगान्‌ सुपुष्कलान्‌

Transliteration

āplutya salile cāpi pūjayāmāsa vai dvijān | rājan! vahāṁse haladhara balabhadra-jī pavitra dvaitavana-meṁ āye aura vahāṁke nānā veśa-dhārī muniyoṁkā darśana karke jalameṁ gotā lagākara unhoṁne brāhmaṇoṁkā pūjana kiyā || tathaiva dattvā viprebhyaḥ paribhogān supuṣkalān ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา! ที่นั่นพระองค์ทรงดำลงในสายน้ำ แล้วทรงบูชาพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย อีกทั้งทรงถวายปัจจัยอันอุดมสมบูรณ์แก่เหล่าวิปฺระเพื่อการอุปโภคบริโภค

Word by Word

• आप्लुत्य: having plunged/bathed
• आप्लुत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+प्लु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• सलिले: in water
• सलिले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पूजयामास: he worshipped/honoured
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), 3rd, Singular, परस्मैपद, perfect (narrative past)

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दत्त्वा: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• परिभोगान्: enjoyables/food and provisions
• परिभोगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिभोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सुपुष्कलान्: very abundant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु+पुष्कल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Janamejaya (addressed as rājan)
• Balabhadra/Balarāma (Haladhara)
• Dvaitavana
• munis (sages in various guises)
• brāhmaṇas/vipras
• water (salila)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purification through bathing and the ethical duty of honoring learned brāhmaṇas are presented as marks of dharmic conduct; generosity (dāna) and respectful worship (pūjā) sustain sacred order even amid the wider turmoil of the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Balabhadra (Balarāma) arrives at the sacred forest Dvaitavana, encounters sages in varied appearances, performs a ritual immersion in water, and then worships and materially supports the brāhmaṇas with abundant provisions.