Shloka 63

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

त्यक्त्वा गार्हस्थ्यधर्म स मोक्षधर्ममरोचयत्‌ । नृपश्रेष्ठट देवलने मन-ही-मन इस बातपर निश्चित विचार करके गार्हस्थ्यधर्मको त्यागकर अपने लिये मोक्षधर्मको पसंद किया ।। ६२ $ ।। एवमादीनि संचिन्त्य देवलो निश्चयात्‌ तत:

Transliteration

tyaktvā gārhasthyadharmaṃ sa mokṣadharmam arocayat | evam ādīni saṃcintya devalo niścayāt tataḥ ||

Translation

เมื่อใคร่ครวญเหตุผลทั้งปวงอย่างแน่วแน่ในดวงใจแล้ว เทวละจึงละทิ้งธรรมแห่งคฤหัสถ์ และเลือกธรรมแห่งโมกษะเพื่อประโยชน์ตน

Word by Word

त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned

गार्हस्थ्यधर्मम्the householder’s duty (gārhasthya-dharma)

सःhe

मोक्षधर्मम्the dharma of liberation (mokṣa-dharma)

अरोचयत्he chose / he preferred (lit. made pleasing)

एवम्thus

आदीनिand other such things

संचिन्त्यhaving reflected upon / having considered

देवलःDevala

निश्चयात्from/through determination; decisively

ततःthen / thereafter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devala

gārhasthya-dharma

mokṣa-dharma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That a major ethical-spiritual shift—moving from household obligations (gārhasthya-dharma) to the pursuit of liberation (mokṣa-dharma)—should be grounded in thoughtful reflection (saṃcintya) and firm resolve (niścaya), not mere emotion or social pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Devala, after considering various reasons internally, makes a decisive choice: he gives up the householder mode of life and adopts the path oriented toward mokṣa, signaling a transition from worldly duties to renunciant spiritual aims.