Shloka 1

Kāmyake Pāṇḍavānāṃ Bhojana-vyavasthā

Provisioning and Welfare in the Kāmyaka Forest

Devanagari script

हि आय न चुके है सप्तचत्वारिशो<्ध्याय: लोमश मुनिका स्वर्गमें इन्द्र और अर्जुनसे मिलकर उनका संदेश ले काम्यकवनमें आना वैशम्पायन उवाच कदाचिदटमानस्तु महर्षिरुत लोमश: । जगाम शक्रभवन पुरन्दरदिदृक्षया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: kadācid aṭamānas tu maharṣir uta Lomaśaḥ | jagāma Śakra-bhavanaṃ Purandara-didṛkṣayā ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Una vez, mientras peregrinaba errante, el gran sabio Lomaśa fue a la morada celestial de Śakra, deseoso de contemplar a Purandara (Indra).

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• कदाचित्: once, at some time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• अटमानः: wandering, roaming
• अटमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अट्
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• महर्षिः: the great sage
• महर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत: and also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• लोमशः: Lomaśa
• लोमशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• शक्रभवनम्: Śakra's abode (Indra's palace)
• शक्रभवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्रभवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरन्दर: O Purandara (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दिदृक्षया: with the desire to see
• दिदृक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिदृक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Lomaśa
• Śakra (Indra)
• Purandara
• Śakra-bhavana (Indra’s abode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights purposeful spiritual striving: a sage’s disciplined wandering and desire to behold the divine becomes a channel for dharmic counsel and benefit to others, suggesting that personal spiritual pursuit can serve a wider moral good.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the sage Lomaśa, while traveling, goes to Indra’s celestial abode because he wishes to see Indra (Purandara). This sets up subsequent events involving divine contact and the transmission of messages.