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Shloka 5

Adhyāya 6: Kaṅka (Yudhiṣṭhira) Seeks Refuge in Virāṭa’s Assembly

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत पाण्डवप्रवेशपर्वमें नगरप्रवेशके लिये अस्त्रस्थापनविषयक पाँचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

bhārāvataraṇe puṇye ye smaranti sadāśivām | tān vai tārayase pāpāt paṅke gām iva durbalām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O heilige Göttin, die du die Last der Erde erleichterst, stets glückverheißend und Wohlergehen spendend! Wer deiner gedenkt, den rettest du gewiss vor Sünde und dem Leid, das ihr folgt—wie ein Mann eine schwache Kuh aus dem Schlamm hebt, in dem sie feststeckt.“

Word by Word

भारावतरणेin (the act of) removing the burden

पुण्येholy, meritorious (in the holy context)

येwho (those who)

स्मरन्तिremember

सदाalways

शिवाम्Śivā (the auspicious goddess)

तान्them

वैindeed, surely

तारयसेyou deliver, you rescue

पापात्from sin

पङ्केin mud

गाम्a cow

इवlike, as

दुर्बलाम्weak

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sadāśivā (the auspicious Goddess/Devī)

Earth (Pṛthvī, implied by 'burden of the earth')

Cow (go)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Remembrance of the benevolent Goddess is presented as a saving act: sincere devotion draws divine grace that carries a person across sin and its painful consequences, depicted through the vivid ethical image of rescuing a helpless being from danger.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the close of the section describing the Pāṇḍavas’ preparations for entering the city (including the placing aside of weapons), the narrator adds a devotional benediction praising the Goddess as the remover of the earth’s burden and as a rescuer of those who remember her.