Shloka 57

Indratīrtha–Ādityatīrtha: Balarāma’s Ritual Bathing, Dāna, and Sacred-Historical Recollections

Devanagari script

अरुन्धत्या वरस्तस्या यो दत्तो वै महात्मना । तस्य चाहं प्रभावेण तव कल्याणि तेजसा

Transliteration

arundhatyā varas tasyā yo datto vai mahātmanā | tasya cāhaṁ prabhāveṇa tava kalyāṇi tejasā

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi người cát tường, nhờ uy lực và quang huy của ân huệ mà bậc đại hồn đã ban cho Arundhatī, ta cũng được nâng đỡ và có thể (nói/thi hành) nhờ ánh oai quang của nàng.”

Word by Word

• अरुन्धत्या: by Arundhatī
• अरुन्धत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुन्धती
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्याः: to/for her (of her)
• तस्याः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• यः: which/that (boon)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

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

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तस्य: of that (boon)/thereof
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• प्रभावेण: by (its) power/effect
• प्रभावेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कल्याणि: O auspicious lady
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• तेजसा: by (your) splendor/energy
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Arundhatī
• mahātman (unnamed great-souled benefactor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical idea that spiritual merit and boons (vara) granted to the virtuous carry real efficacy (prabhāva) and radiance (tejas), supporting righteous speech and action; it also invokes Arundhatī as an ideal of auspicious virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, continuing his narration, refers to a boon bestowed upon Arundhatī by a great-souled figure and states that, through the power of that boon and the listener’s auspicious radiance, he is able to proceed—an invocation that frames the ensuing account as protected and sanctified.