Mahabharata 9.50.353 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 50, Shloka 353

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

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

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—แม้ในโลกทั้งหลายอันผู้ประกอบมหายัญ เช่น ราชสูยะและปุณฑรีกะ ได้บรรลุแล้วนั้นเอง เทวละก็ได้เห็นไชคีษัวยะอยู่

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• जैगीषव्यम्: Jaigīṣavya (a sage/person named Jaigīṣavya)
• जैगीषव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: जैगीषव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवलः: Devala (a sage/person named Devala)
• देवलः: Karta
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: देवल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Devala
• Jaigīṣavya
• Rājasūya (sacrifice)
• Puṇḍarīka (sacrifice)
• Lokas (heavenly worlds/realms)

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.