Shloka 333
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
तत् स्थानमनुसम्प्राप्तमन्वपश्यत देवल: । वहाँसे अग्निष्टोमयाजी तथा अग्निष्ट्त् यज्ञके द्वारा यज्ञ करनेवाले तपोधनोंके लोकमें पहुँचे हुए जैगीषव्यको देवल मुनिने देखा
tat sthānam anusamprāptam anvapaśyata devalaḥ |
Vaiśampāyana nói: Khi đến miền ấy, hiền giả Devala trông thấy Jaigiṣavya—người đã đạt đến cõi của các bậc khổ hạnh nhờ tế lễ Agniṣṭoma và những hỏa tế khác—đang hiện diện nơi đó.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights a dharmic valuation of disciplined sacrifice and austerity: properly performed Vedic rites (like Agniṣṭoma) and tapas are depicted as generating spiritual merit that leads to higher states or realms.
The narrator reports that the sage Devala arrives at a particular region and there sees the sage Jaigiṣavya, who is described (in the accompanying gloss) as having reached the ascetics’ world through sacrificial performance such as the Agniṣṭoma.