Shloka 30

वंशानुकीर्तनम् — Genealogical Recitation from Dakṣa to Yayāti and the Establishment of the Paurava Line

Devanagari script

मत्तबर्हिणसंघुष्ट प्रविवेश महद्‌ वनम्‌ | तत्‌ स चैत्ररथप्रख्यं समुपेत्य नरर्षभ:

Transliteration

mattabarhiṇasaṅghuṣṭaḥ praviveśa mahad vanam | tat sa caitrarathaprakhyaṃ samupetya nararṣabhaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Resounding with the calls of intoxicated peacocks, he entered a vast forest. Then that bull among men approached a region famed like the divine Caitraratha grove—suggesting a place of extraordinary beauty and abundance, where the hero’s journey turns from mere travel to a morally charged encounter with nature’s splendor and its latent tests.

Word by Word

• मत्तबर्हिणसंघुष्टम्: resounding with intoxicated peacocks
• मत्तबर्हिणसंघुष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्तबर्हिणसंघुष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महत्: great, vast
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चैत्ररथप्रख्यम्: like (the forest) Caitraratha
• चैत्ररथप्रख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चैत्ररथप्रख्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समुपेत्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-इ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• नरर्षभः: bull among men, best of men
• नरर्षभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Caitraratha (grove/park of Kubera)
• forest (vana)
• peacocks (barhiṇa)