Shloka 6

Puṣkara-Tīrtha-Māhātmya and the Phala of Pilgrimage

Nārada–Yudhiṣṭhira; Pulastya–Bhīṣma Transmission

Devanagari script

वन॑ तु तदभूत्‌ तेन हीनमक्लिष्टकर्मणा । कुबेरेण यथा हीन वन चैत्ररथं तथा,अनायास ही महान्‌ कर्म करनेवाले अर्जुनके बिना वह वन उसी प्रकार शोभाशून्य-सा हो गया, जैसे कुबेरके बिना चैत्ररथ वन

Transliteration

vanaṁ tu tad abhūt tena hīnam akliṣṭa-karmāṇā | kuberaṇa yathā hīnaṁ vanaṁ caitrarathaṁ tathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: That forest, bereft of him—the tireless doer of deeds—became as though deprived of its splendor. Just as the Caitraratha grove would seem diminished without Kubera, so too did the forest appear empty and beautyless without Arjuna.

Word by Word

वनम्the forest

तुbut/indeed

तत्that (forest/that one)

अभूत्became/was

तेनby him/with him

हीनम्devoid of/without

अक्लिष्टकर्मणाby the unwearied-in-action (one)

कुबेरॆणby Kubera

यथाas/just as

हीनम्devoid of/without

वनम्the forest

चैत्ररथम्Chaitraratha (forest/grove)

तथाso/likewise

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Kubera

Caitraratha forest

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes