Shloka 29

Devanagari script

धनाधिपत्यं सख्यं च रुद्रेणामिततेजसा । सुरत्वं लोकपालत्वं पुत्र च नलकूबरम्‌

Transliteration

dhanādhipatyaṃ sakhyaṃ ca rudreṇāmitatejasā | suratvaṃ lokapālatvaṃ putra ca nalakūbaram ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Er erlangte die Herrschaft über den Reichtum und die Freundschaft Rudras von unermesslichem Glanz; ebenso erreichte er göttlichen Rang und das Amt eines Welthüters — und als Sohn erhielt er Nalakūbara.

Word by Word

धनाधिपत्यम्lordship over wealth

सख्यम्friendship

चand

रुद्रेणby Rudra

अमिततेजसाof immeasurable splendor

सुरत्वम्godhood

लोकपालत्वम्status of being a guardian of the world

पुत्रO son

चand

नलकूबरम्Nalakūbara (name of a being)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Rudra (Śiva)

Nalakūbara

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 presents wealth, authority, and cosmic office as outcomes tied to divine connection and favor—suggesting that power and prosperity are ideally grounded in alignment with higher order and relationship with the divine, not merely personal ambition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana lists the attainments granted/secured: dominion over wealth, friendship with Rudra, divine status, the role of a world-guardian, and the begetting of a son named Nalakūbara—framing these as notable rewards or elevations in status.