Shloka 31

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्ण- नारदसंवादविषयक इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,अमृतेनावसिक्तश्च वृषदर्भो नरेश्वर: । दिव्यैश्व॒ सुसुखैर्माल्यैरभिवृष्ट: पुन: पुन: कुछ देवताओंने राजा वृषदर्भकों अमृतसे नहलाया और उनके ऊपर अत्यन्त सुखदायक दिव्य पुष्पोंकी बारंबार वर्षा की

Transliteration

amṛtenāvasiktaś ca vṛṣadarbho nareśvaraḥ | divyaiś ca susukhair mālyair abhivṛṣṭaḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

So wurde König Vṛṣadarbha mit Nektar gebadet, und immer wieder regnete es auf ihn herab: göttliche, überaus wonnige Girlanden und Blumen. Die Szene macht deutlich, wie rechtschaffene Freigebigkeit und Dharma, von Nārada gepriesen, von den Göttern selbst geehrt werden — Tugend empfängt sichtbare, himmlische Anerkennung.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'amṛta', 'definition': 'nectar of immortality

• divine ambrosia'}, {'term': 'avasikta', 'definition': 'sprinkled/bathed

• anointed'}, {'term': 'nareśvara', 'definition': 'lord of men

• king'}, {'term': 'divya', 'definition': 'divine

• celestial'}, {'term': 'susukha', 'definition': 'very pleasant

• highly delightful'}, {'term': 'mālya', 'definition': 'garland

• floral wreath (also flowers used for honoring)'}, {'term': 'abhivṛṣṭa', 'definition': 'rained upon

• showered over'}, {'term': 'punaḥ punaḥ', 'definition': 'again and again

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vṛṣadarbha
• devas (gods)
• amṛta (nectar)
• divya-mālya (divine garlands/flowers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dāna and dharma, when practiced sincerely by a ruler, attract divine approval; merit is portrayed not only as an inner ethical gain but as something honored by the gods, reinforcing the social ideal of righteous kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a celestial honor: the gods bathe King Vṛṣadarbha with amṛta and repeatedly shower him with divine, pleasing garlands/flowers, marking him as a recipient of extraordinary merit.