Shloka 31
बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya
Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī
वाहनं चास्य तद् दत्त हंसयुक्तं मनोजवम् | विमान पुष्पकं दिव्य॑ नैर्ऋतैश्वर्यमेव च
vaiśampāyana uvāca | vāhanaṃ cāsya tad datta haṃsayuktaṃ manojavam | vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ divyaṃ nairṛtaiśvaryam eva ca ||
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—তাঁকে তারা সেই বাহনও দান করল—হাঁসে যুক্ত, মনোবেগে ধাবমান—দিব্য পুষ্পক বিমান; এবং নৈঋতদের সঙ্গে সংশ্লিষ্ট ঐশ্বর্যও প্রদান করল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate authority is portrayed as something conferred through recognition and responsibility—symbolized by consecration and divine gifts—rather than merely taken by force; power is framed as a delegated trust.
The narrator states that a divine, swan-yoked, mind-swift vehicle—the Puṣpaka vimāna—is bestowed upon a figure, along with a form of sovereignty termed nairṛtaiśvarya, indicating an elevation of status and rule.