Shloka 50

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

पुन्नागान्‌ सप्तपर्णाश्व॒ कर्णिकारान्‌ सकेतकान्‌ | पाटलान्‌ कुटजानू्‌ रम्यान्‌ मन्दारेन्दीवरांस्तथा

Transliteration

punnāgān saptaparṇāśva karṇikārān saketakān | pāṭalān kuṭajānū ramyān mandārendīvarāṁs tathā

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “There were punnāga trees, saptaparṇa, aśva trees, karṇikāra, and saketaka; also lovely pāṭala and kuṭaja, and likewise mandāra and blue lotuses (indīvara).”

Word by Word

• पुन्नागान्: punnāga trees
• पुन्नागान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुन्नाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सप्तपर्णान्: saptaparṇa trees (seven-leaved)
• सप्तपर्णान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तपर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कर्णिकारान्: karnikāra trees
• कर्णिकारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सकेतकान्: ketaka (screw-pine) plants
• सकेतकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाटलान्: pāṭala trees
• पाटलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाटल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कुटजान्: kuṭaja trees
• कुटजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रम्यान्: beautiful, delightful
• रम्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मन्दारान्: mandāra trees
• मन्दारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इन्दीवरान्: indīvara (blue lotus) flowers
• इन्दीवरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दीवर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• punnāga
• saptaparṇa
• aśva (tree)
• karṇikāra
• saketaka
• pāṭala
• kuṭaja
• mandāra
• indīvara (blue lotus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily offers descriptive imagery rather than direct instruction; its ethical resonance lies in how the epic uses the ordered beauty and abundance of the forest to frame human trials—suggesting that steadfastness in dharma can be sustained even amid hardship by attentiveness to the world’s inherent harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator lists notable trees and flowers encountered/seen in the forest, building a vivid scene of the Vana (wilderness) environment as the story proceeds through the exile-related episodes.