Shloka 8536

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

Devanagari script

नदतां शृणु निर्घोषं भीम पर्वतसानुषु । 'भीम! इन पर्वतशिखरोंपर मोरिनियोंके साथ विचरते बोलते हुए मोरोंका यह मधुर केकारव तो सुनो

Transliteration

nadatāṁ śṛṇu nirghoṣaṁ bhīma parvata-sānuṣu |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “Bhīma, listen to the resounding calls on these mountain slopes—the sweet, ringing cry of peacocks, moving about and calling as they roam with peahens upon the peaks.”

Word by Word

• नदताम्: of (the) roaring/crying ones
• नदताम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• शृणु: hear (you)!
• शृणु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: लोट्, मध्यम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• निर्घोषम्: the loud sound/uproar
• निर्घोषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्घोष
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भीम: O Bhima
• भीम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: पुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पर्वतसानुषु: on the mountain-slopes/ridges
• पर्वतसानुषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत-सानु
• Form: नपुं, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Bhīma
• mountain slopes (parvata-sānu)
• peacocks (implied by context)
• peahens (implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights attentiveness to the natural world as a means of steadying the mind during hardship; in the forest-exile setting, beauty and harmony in nature can temper agitation and support endurance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator addresses Bhīma and draws his attention to the reverberating, sweet calls of peacocks on the mountain slopes, painting a vivid scene of the wilderness through sound and atmosphere.