Shloka 24

Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect

Devanagari script

तां यक्षगन्धर्वमहर्षिकान्ता- मागारभूतामिव देवतानाम्‌ सरस्वती प्रीतियुता श्चरन्त: सुखं विजहुर्नरदेवपुत्रा:,सरस्वतीके तटपर पाकड़, बहेड़ा, रोहितक, बेंत, बेर, खैर, सिरस, बेल, इंगुदी, पीलु, शमी और करीर आदिके वृक्ष खड़े थे। वह नदी यक्ष, गन्धर्व और महर्षियोंको प्रिय थी। देवताओंकी तो वह मानो बस्ती ही थी। राजपुत्र पाण्डव बड़ी प्रसन्नता और सुखसे वहाँ विचरने और निवास करने लगे

Transliteration

tāṁ yakṣagandharvamahārṣikāntām āgārabhūtām iva devatānām | sarasvatīṁ prītiyutāś carantaḥ sukhaṁ vijahruḥ naradevaputrāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Delighting in the Sarasvatī—beloved of Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and great seers, and seeming like a very dwelling-place of the gods—the sons of the king (the Pāṇḍavas) wandered there with affection and lived joyfully, passing their time in contentment.

Word by Word

ताम्that (her/it) [river]

यक्षगन्धर्वमहर्षिकान्ताम्beloved to Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and great sages

आगारभूताम्having become a dwelling/abode

इवas if, like

देवतानाम्of the gods

सरस्वतीSarasvatī (the river)

प्रीतियुताःendowed with joy/pleasure

चरन्तःwandering, moving about

सुखम्happily, with ease

विजहुःthey abandoned/left (behind); (contextually) they spent (time) / took up (dwelling)

नरदेवपुत्राःsons of the king (lit. of the god among men)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Sarasvatī (river)

Yakṣas

Gandharvas

Mahārṣis (great seers)

Devatās (gods)

Pāṇḍavas (implied by 'naradevaputrāḥ')

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes