Shloka 906

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

Devanagari script

एते वैदूर्यवर्णाभं क्षोभयन्ति महत्‌ सर: । “इधर देखो, ये कमलके समान कान्तिवाले गजराज, जिनके चार दाँत शोभा पा रहे हैं, हथिनियोंके साथ आकर वैदूर्यमणिके समान सुशोभित इस महान्‌ सरोवरको मथे डालते हैं

Transliteration

ete vaidūryavarṇābhaṃ kṣobhayanti mahat saraḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Estos elefantes, radiantes como lotos y relucientes como el vaidūrya (gema ojo de gato), llegan con las elefantas y revuelven, agitan este vasto lago».

Word by Word

एतेthese

वैदूर्यवर्णाभम्having the appearance/color of vaidūrya (cat's-eye gem)

क्षोभयन्तिagitate, churn, disturb

महत्great

सरःlake, pond

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

vaidūrya (cat’s-eye gem)

saraḥ (great lake)

elephants (implied by context)

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 attentive observation of the natural world and the recognition of power expressed without malice—an implicit ethical contrast to human conflict, fitting the forest setting where endurance and restraint are cultivated.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a striking scene: gem-like, lotus-radiant elephants (as understood from the surrounding context) enter with their herd and churn the waters of a vast lake, making the lake’s beauty and dynamism vivid.