Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

मुञज्जातकांस्तथाञ्जीरान्‌ दाडिमान्‌ बीजपूरकान्‌ । पनसॉल्लकुचान्‌ मोचान्‌ खर्जूरानम्लवेतसान्‌

Transliteration

muñjajātakāṁstathāñjīrān dāḍimān bījapūrākān | panasāllakucān mocān kharjūrānamlavetasān

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Allí había diversos frutos y productos: brotes de muñja, higos (añjīra), granadas (dāḍima), frutos semejantes al cidro (bījapūraka), yaca o jackfruit (panasa), frutos lakuca, plátanos (moca), dátiles (kharjūra) y frutos de vetasa de sabor agrio».

Word by Word

मुञ्जजातकान्munja-shoots/munja sprouts

तथाand also/likewise

अञ्जीरान्figs

दाडिमान्pomegranates

बीजपूरकान्citron fruits (bījapūraka)

पनसान्jackfruits

अल्लकुचान्a kind of fruit (allakuca)

मोचान्bananas/plantains

खर्जूरान्dates

अम्लवेतसान्sour cane/reed (amla-vetasa)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

muñja (plant/grass)

añjīra (fig)

dāḍima (pomegranate)

bījapūraka (citron/pomelo-like fruit)

panasa (jackfruit)

lakuca (forest fruit)

moca (plantain/banana)

kharjūra (date)

amla-vetasa (sour vetasa fruit/plant)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how life in the forest can be sustained through readily available natural produce, underscoring ideals of simplicity, restraint, and non-harm—values often associated with righteous endurance during exile.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana provides a descriptive inventory of fruits and forest produce, painting the setting as fertile and supportive for those living away from cities—an atmospheric detail typical of the Vana Parva’s exile narrative.