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Shloka 67

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

Devanagari script

नाम चास्या: स कृतवान्‌ भरद्वाजो महामुनि: । श्रुतावतीति धर्मात्मा देवर्षिगणसंसदि । स्वे च तामाश्रमे न्यस्य जगाम हिमवद्धनम्‌

Transliteration

nāma cāsyāḥ sa kṛtavān bharadvājo mahāmuniḥ | śrutāvatīti dharmātmā devarṣigaṇasaṃsadi | sve ca tām āśrame nyasya jagāma himavaddhanam ||

Translation

Đại thánh Bharadvāja, lòng đầy chính pháp, đã đặt tên cho nàng trước hội chúng các thiên hiền, gọi là “Śrutāvatī”. Rồi ngài gửi nàng ở lại trong đạo tràng của mình, được chăm nom đúng phép, và lên đường đến miền Hi Mã Lạp Sơn.

Word by Word

नामname

चand

अस्याःof her

सःhe

कृतवान्made/did (has done)

भरद्वाजःBharadvāja

महामुनिःthe great sage

श्रुतावतीŚrutāvatī (name)

इतिthus/so (quotative)

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled

देवर्षिगणसंसदिin the assembly of the groups of divine seers

स्वेin his own

चand

ताम्her

आश्रमेin the hermitage

न्यस्यhaving placed/entrusted

जगामwent

हिमवत्to Himavat (the Himalaya)

वनम्forest

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharadvāja

Śrutāvatī

Devarṣis (divine seers)

Bharadvāja's āśrama (hermitage)

Himavat (Himalayas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic responsibility: a sage does not act impulsively but formally acknowledges identity (naming before respected witnesses) and ensures proper protection and placement (entrusting her to the āśrama) before departing for his own ascetic duties.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the sage Bharadvāja gives the girl a name—Śrutāvatī—in the presence of divine seers, then leaves her safely in his hermitage and proceeds onward to the Himalayan region.