Shloka 20

Ṛśyaśṛṅga’s Luring, Rainfall at Aṅga, and Reconciliation with Vibhāṇḍaka (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

ग्रामांश्व घोषांश्व॒ सुतस्य दृष्टवा शान्तां च शान्तो5स्य पर: स कोप: । चकार तस्यैव परं प्रसाद विभाण्डको भूमिपतेनरिन्द्र,अपने पुत्रके अधिकारमें आये हुए ग्राम, घोष और बहू शान्ताको देखकर उनका महान्‌ कोप शान्त हो गया। युधिष्ठिर! उस समय विभाण्डक मुनिने राजा लोमपादपर बड़ी कृपा की

Transliteration

grāmāṁś ca ghoṣāṁś ca sutasya dṛṣṭvā śāntāṁ ca śānto ’sya paraḥ sa kopaḥ | cakāra tasyaiva paraṁ prasādaṁ vibhāṇḍako bhūmipatenarindra ||

Translation

قال فيبهانْدَكَ: «لما رأى القرى ومواطن رعاة البقر وقد عادت إلى حقّ ابنه المشروع، ورأى كذلك شانتا، سكن غضبه العنيف. يا خير الملوك! عندئذٍ أسبغ فيبهانْدَكَ على ذلك الحاكم أعظمَ رضاه وإحسانه».

Word by Word

• {'grāmān': 'villages

• settled habitations', 'ghoṣān': 'cowherd hamlets/pastoral settlements', 'sutasya': 'of (his) son', 'dṛṣṭvā': 'having seen', 'śāntām': 'Śāntā (proper name)

• also ‘the calm one’ by sense', 'śāntaḥ': 'calmed, pacified', 'paraḥ': 'exceeding, extreme', 'kopaḥ': 'anger, wrath', 'cakāra': 'made, did, showed', 'paraṁ prasādam': 'supreme favor/grace

• complete reconciliation', 'bhūmipati': 'lord of the earth

• king', 'narendra': 'best of men

Speaker

विभाण्डक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vibhāṇḍaka
• Śāntā
• Lomapāda
• Ṛśyaśṛṅga (implied by 'suta')
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by 'narendra' in the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that dharmic restitution—returning what rightly belongs and honoring relationships—can dissolve even intense anger, enabling forgiveness and renewed goodwill between ascetic authority and royal power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vibhāṇḍaka, previously angered, sees that villages and pastoral settlements have been secured for his son and also sees Śāntā; his wrath subsides, and he extends great favor to the king (Lomapāda), signaling reconciliation.