Mahabharata 9.50.33 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 50, Shloka 33
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
तेषां स्थान ततो यातं तथाग्निष्टोमयाजिनाम् । अग्निष्ठतेन च तथा ये यजन्ति तपोधना:
teṣāṁ sthānaṁ tato yātaṁ tathāgniṣṭomayājinām | agniṣṭhatenā ca tathā ye yajanti tapodhanāḥ ||
毗舍波耶那说道：其后，便叙述了行过阿耆尼湿多摩祭（Agniṣṭoma）者所归之定界；同样，也叙述了那些以苦行之力充盈的修行者，依阿耆尼湿他仪（Agniṣṭha）而奉祭者所至之界。此段强调：若以清净与克制而行有纪律之祭仪，其业果与灵性之报应，必然不虚。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms a dharmic principle: disciplined sacrificial worship (yajña), especially when joined with austerity (tapas), is portrayed as producing a definite spiritual attainment—an appropriate ‘place’ or realm corresponding to one’s meritorious action.
Vaiśampāyana continues a descriptive account of posthumous attainments, indicating the realms reached by those who performed specific Vedic sacrifices—here, Agniṣṭoma and the Agniṣṭha rite—particularly by ascetics characterized as ‘rich in austerity’ (tapodhanāḥ).
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