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Shloka 6

Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā

Indraloka-gamana

'पाण्डुनन्दन! पर्वतों, वनान्त प्रदेशों और काननोंसे सुशोभित इस पूर्व दिशाकी रक्षा इन्द्र और कुबेर करते हैं ।।

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pāṇḍunandana! parvatavanānta-pradeśaiḥ kānanaiś ca suśobhitāyāḥ asyāḥ pūrvadiśaḥ rakṣāṃ indraḥ kuberaś ca kurutaḥ || etad āhuḥ mahendrasya rājño vaiśravaṇasya ca | ṛṣayaḥ sarvadharmajñāḥ saha tāta manīṣiṇaḥ || tāta! sarvadharmajñā manīṣiṇaḥ maharṣayaḥ imāṃ diśaṃ devarāja-indrasya tathā kuberasya nivāsasthānam iti vadanti | asyāṃ diśi uditasya sūryadevasya samastāḥ prajāḥ dharmajñā ṛṣayaḥ siddhā mahātmānaḥ sādhya-devāś ca upāsanāṃ kurvanti ||

قال فايشَمبايانا: «يا ابن باندو! إن هذه الجهة الشرقية—المزدانة بالجبال وأطراف الغابات والأحراج العميقة—يحرسها إندرا وكوبيرا. هكذا يعلن الرُّشاة الحكماء، العارفون بكل الدارما، ذوو الرأي السديد: “يا بُنيّ، تُسمّى هذه الجهة مقام الملك ماهيندرا (إندرا) ومقام فايشرافانا (كوبيرا). ومن هنا يطلع إله الشمس، فتقوم جميع الكائنات—ومعها الرُّشاة العارفون بالدارما، والسِّدّهات الكاملون، وذوو النفوس العظيمة، وآلهة السادهيا—بالتعبّد والتوقير.”»

एतत्this (statement/thing)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आहुःthey say / have said
आहुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (ब्रू/वद्-अर्थे)
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
महेन्द्रस्यof Mahendra (Indra)
महेन्द्रस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
राज्ञःof the king
राज्ञः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
वैश्रवणस्यof Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
वैश्रवणस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्रवण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ऋषयःsages
ऋषयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वधर्मज्ञाःknowing all dharmas
सर्वधर्मज्ञाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वधर्मज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सहtogether/with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
तातdear (son)/child (vocative)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मनीषिणःwise ones
मनीषिणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
P
Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava, addressed)
P
Pūrvadiś (East)
I
Indra (Mahendra)
K
Kubera (Vaiśravaṇa)
Ṛṣis
S
Sūryadeva
S
Siddhas
M
Mahātmans
S
Sādhya devas
M
Mountains
F
Forests (kānana), forest-edge regions (vanānta-pradeśa)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents a dharmic map of the cosmos: directions are not merely spatial but morally and ritually charged. The East, associated with sunrise, is portrayed as protected by divine kings (Indra and Kubera) and as a locus of worship, implying that righteous order (dharma) is upheld through guardianship, reverence, and alignment with cosmic rhythms.

Vaiśampāyana explains to the Pāṇḍava (addressed as ‘son of Pāṇḍu’) the sanctity of the eastern quarter. He reports the sages’ traditional statement that Indra and Kubera guard it and that beings and exalted classes of sages and gods worship the rising Sun from this direction.