Shloka 31

बदरपाचन-तीर्थमाहात्म्यम् | Badarapācana Tīrtha Māhātmya

Indratīrtha and the Austerities of Srucāvatī & Arundhatī

Devanagari script

वाहनं चास्य तद्‌ दत्त हंसयुक्तं मनोजवम्‌ | विमान पुष्पकं दिव्य॑ नैर्ऋतैश्वर्यमेव च

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | vāhanaṃ cāsya tad datta haṃsayuktaṃ manojavam | vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ divyaṃ nairṛtaiśvaryam eva ca ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: También le otorgaron aquel vehículo —uncido a cisnes y veloz como el pensamiento—, el divino carro aéreo llamado Puṣpaka; y le concedieron asimismo la soberanía vinculada a los Naiṛtas.

Word by Word

• वाहनम्: vehicle
• वाहनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / for him
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• दत्तम्: given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• हंसयुक्तम्: yoked with swans
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंस-युक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मनोजवम्: swift as the mind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोजव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विमानम्: aerial car
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुष्पकम्: Puṣpaka (name of the vimāna)
• पुष्पकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नैर्ऋतैश्वर्यम्: sovereignty over the Naiṛtas (yakṣa/rākṣasa class)
• नैर्ऋतैश्वर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैर्ऋत-ऐश्वर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Puṣpaka-vimāna
• Haṃsas (swans)
• Naiṛtas (nairṛta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority is portrayed as something conferred through recognition and responsibility—symbolized by consecration and divine gifts—rather than merely taken by force; power is framed as a delegated trust.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that a divine, swan-yoked, mind-swift vehicle—the Puṣpaka vimāna—is bestowed upon a figure, along with a form of sovereignty termed nairṛtaiśvarya, indicating an elevation of status and rule.