Shloka 17

Devanagari script

आमन्त्रयतां तु कल्याणीं ततो जप्यं जजाप सः । अविदूरे ततस्तस्मादाश्रमात्‌ तीर्थमुत्तमम्‌,“सुभगे! शुभव्रते! ये पाँच बेरके फल हैं। तुम इन्हें पका दो।” ऐसा कहकर भगवान्‌ इन्द्र कल्याणी श्रुतावतीसे पूछकर उस आश्रमसे थोड़ी ही दूरपर स्थित उत्तम तीर्थमें गये और वहाँ स्नान करके जप करने लगे

Transliteration

āmantreyatāṁ tu kalyāṇīṁ tato japyaṁ jajāpa saḥ | avidūre tataḥ tasmād āśramāt tīrtham uttamam ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：他先向吉祥的迦利耶尼致意，随后便诵持所规定的圣咒。离那座林庵不远处有一处上妙圣渡；他前往其地，沐浴之后继续持诵（japa）——克己守仪，显示灵修的戒律与行持的清净，常与非凡之举相伴而行。

Word by Word

आमन्त्रयताम्let (two) invite / address

तुbut/indeed

कल्याणीम्Kalyāṇī (a woman named Kalyāṇī)

ततःthen/from there

जप्यम्a thing to be muttered (a mantra); japa

जजापmuttered/recited

सःhe

अविदूरेnot far (nearby)

ततःthen/from there

तस्मात्from that

आश्रमात्from the hermitage

तीर्थम्ford; sacred bathing-place

उत्तमम्excellent, best

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kalyāṇī

Āśrama (hermitage)

Uttama-tīrtha (excellent sacred ford)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 discipline: respectful speech, ritual bathing, and mantra-recitation (japa) are presented as integral to right conduct, emphasizing inner restraint and purity alongside outward action.

What is happening in the narrative?

After addressing Kalyāṇī, the speaker/actor begins japa. He then goes to a nearby sacred tīrtha, bathes, and continues the recitation, situating the episode in a hermitage-and-pilgrimage setting.