Shloka 67

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

नैवमित्येव शंसन्तो जैगीषव्यं महामुनिम्‌ । नात:ः परतरं किंचित्‌ तुल्यमस्ति प्रभावत:

Transliteration

naivam ity eva śaṃsanto jaigīṣavyaṃ mahāmunim | nātaḥ parataraṃ kiṃcit tulyam asti prabhāvataḥ ||

Translation

他们宣称：“非也——诚然非也！”并称颂大牟尼阇耆湿婆耶：“在他之上，更无高者；论威力与灵验，无人与之等同。”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• evam: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam

• iti: thus (quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• eva: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva

• śaṃsantaḥ: praising, declaring
• śaṃsantaḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: śaṃs (dhātu)
• Form: present active participle (parasmaipada), masculine, nominative, plural

• jaigīṣavyam: Jaigīṣavya (proper name)
• jaigīṣavyam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaigīṣavya
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• mahāmunim: the great sage
• mahāmunim: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-muni
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ataḥ: from this; hence; beyond this
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ

• parataram: higher, superior (comparative)
• parataram: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paratara
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• kiṃcit: anything, something
• kiṃcit: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kiṃcit
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• tulyam: equal, comparable
• tulyam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tulya
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• asti: is, exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (dhātu)
• Form: present indicative (laṭ), 3rd, singular

• prabhāvataḥ: of the powerful one; of him who has great might
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāvat
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Jaigīṣavya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the traditional Mahābhārata valuation of tapas and spiritual efficacy: true superiority is measured not by worldly status but by prabhāva—inner power born of ascetic discipline and realized wisdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that people (or interlocutors in the account) emphatically speak in praise of the sage Jaigīṣavya, asserting that none surpasses him and that no one equals his spiritual potency.