Shloka 103
सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा
Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage
जगाम भगवान् स्थानमनुरूपमिवात्मन: । उन पुत्रोंकी त्याग-तपस्यासे संतुष्ट रहते हुए वे पूजनीय महात्मा गौतम दीर्घकालके पश्चात् अपने अनुरूप स्थान (स्वर्गलोक)-में चले गये
jagāma bhagavān sthānam anurūpam ivātmanaḥ | (putrāṇāṃ tyāga-tapasyā-santuṣṭaḥ pūjanīyo mahātmā gautamo dīrgha-kālasya paścāt svānurūpaṃ sthānaṃ svarga-lokaṃ jagāma) |
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“那位可敬的圣者乔多摩，见诸子能舍离而修苦行，心甚满足；经久之后，便往与其灵性境界相称之处而去——升入天界，归于其应得之所。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that renunciation (tyāga) and disciplined austerity (tapas) are spiritually efficacious: they bring contentment to the wise and culminate in an end ‘befitting one’s own merit’—a moral causality linking conduct to destiny.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the revered sage Gautama, pleased with his sons’ renunciation and austerities, departs after a long time to his appropriate heavenly abode (svarga-loka), marking a closure or transition in the episode.