Shloka 30

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच यदृच्छया शक्रसदो गत्वा शक्रं शचीपतिम्‌ । दृष्टवानस्मि राजर्षे तत्र पाण्डंं नराधिपम्‌,नारदजी बोले--राजर्षे! एक दिन मैं दैवेच्छासे घूमता-फिरता इन्द्रलोकमें चला गया और वहाँ जाकर शचीपति इन्द्रसे मिला। वहीं मैंने राजा पाण्डुको भी देखा था

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | yadṛcchayā śakrasadaḥ gatvā śakraṃ śacīpatim | dṛṣṭavān asmi rājarṣe tatra pāṇḍuṃ narādhipam |

Translation

قال نارادا: «أيها الحكيم الملكي، ذات مرة، وأنا أطوف بمشيئةٍ إلهية، ذهبتُ إلى قاعة مجلس إندرا ولقيتُ إندرا، ربَّ شَچي. وهناك رأيتُ أيضًا الملك باندو، سيدًا بين البشر.»

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

यदृच्छयाby chance; spontaneously

शक्रसदःthe assembly/hall of Shakra (Indra)

गत्वाhaving gone

शक्रम्Shakra (Indra)

शचीपतिम्the husband of Shachi (Indra)

दृष्टवान्saw; having seen

अस्मिI am (auxiliary with दृष्टवान् = 'I have seen')

राजर्षेO royal sage

तत्रthere

पाण्डुम्Pandu

नराधिपम्king; lord of men

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Śakra (Indra)

Śacī

Indraloka (implied by Śakrasadaḥ)

Pāṇḍu

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores providence and the reality of higher worlds in the epic’s moral universe: by divine dispensation (yadṛcchayā), a sage gains direct witness of celestial order and the posthumous status of kings, reinforcing that deeds and dharma connect human life with divine realms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada reports to a royal sage that he happened to visit Indra’s assembly in Indraloka, met Indra (Śacī’s lord), and there saw King Pāṇḍu—introducing eyewitness testimony about Pāṇḍu’s presence in the celestial domain.