Shloka 79
Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances
अमावास्यां महातेजास्तत्रोन्मज्जन् महाद्युति: | लोकान् प्रभासयामास शीतांशुत्वमवाप च,महातेजस्वी महाकान्तिमान् चन्द्रमाने अमावास्याको उस तीर्थमें गोता लगाया। इससे उन्हें शीतल किरणें प्राप्त हुईं और वे सम्पूर्ण जगत्को प्रकाशित करने लगे
amāvāsyāṃ mahātejās tatrōnmajjan mahādyutiḥ | lokān prabhāsayāmāsa śītāṃśutvam avāpa ca ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Sa gabi ng amāvāsyā (bagong buwan), ang makapangyarihan at maningning na iyon ay lumubog at naligo roon sa banal na tawiran. Sa gawaing iyon, nakamtan niya ang malamig at nakaaaliw na sinag na tulad ng buwan, at nagsimulang magliwanag sa mga daigdig—muling nahayag ang kanyang karilagan at ganda.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the purifying and restorative power of dharmic observance—especially bathing at a tīrtha at an auspicious time—by which one’s inner brilliance is renewed and becomes beneficial to the wider world.
On the night of amāvāsyā, a highly radiant figure bathes at a sacred ford; as a result he gains a cool, moonlike radiance and is described as illuminating the worlds.