Shloka 28
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
तस्मात् तु पितृलोकं त॑ व्रजन्तं सो5न्वपश्यत । पितृलोकाच्च तं यान्तं याम्यं लोकमपश्यत,स्वर्गलोकसे उन्हें पितृलोकमें और पितृलोकसे यमलोकमें जाते देखा
tasmāt tu pitṛlokaṁ taṁ vrajantaṁ so ’nvapaśyata | pitṛlokāc ca taṁ yāntaṁ yāmyaṁ lokam apaśyata ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: Sau đó, ông thấy người ấy rời đi đến cõi Tổ phụ (Pitṛloka); và từ cõi Tổ phụ, ông lại thấy người ấy tiếp tục tiến về cõi của Yama (Yamaloka).
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ordered moral cosmos: death is followed by a structured passage through realms (Pitṛloka and then Yama’s domain), implying that one’s actions and dharma have consequences that continue beyond bodily life.
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) describes a seer-like observation of a departed individual’s post-death journey—first seen going to Pitṛloka, and then seen moving onward from there to Yama’s realm.