Shloka 32
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
ब्रजन्तं लोकममलमपश्यद् देवपूजितम् | चातुर्मास्यिर्बहुविधैर्यजन्ते ये तपोधना:
brajantaṁ lokam amalaṁ apaśyad devapūjitam | cāturmāsyair bahuvidhair yajante ye tapodhanāḥ |
毗舍波耶那说：德瓦拉牟尼（Devala Muni）看见阇耆沙毗耶（Jaigīṣavya）正启程前往一处无垢清净的神圣世界——那是诸天所敬奉的境界。此等纯净之界，为苦行深厚者以多种方式奉行四月祭（Cāturmāsya）而得。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents tapas and properly performed Vedic seasonal sacrifices (Cāturmāsya) as dharmic disciplines that lead to pure, exalted realms—so revered that even the gods honor them—highlighting the Mahābhārata’s recurring linkage between disciplined conduct, ritual duty, and karmic fruition.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Devala Muni sees Jaigiṣavya in the act of departing toward a spotless, god-honored realm, and the narration frames this destination as the kind of world reached by ascetics who perform various Cāturmāsya rites.