Shloka 29

Kāmyake Pāṇḍavānāṃ Bhojana-vyavasthā

Provisioning and Welfare in the Kāmyaka Forest

Devanagari script

तीर्थेष्वाप्लुत्य पुण्येषु विपाप्मा विगतज्वर: । राज्यं भोक्ष्यसि राजेन्द्र सुखी विगतकल्मष:

Transliteration

tīrtheṣv āplutya puṇyeṣu vipāpmā vigatajvaraḥ | rājyaṃ bhokṣyasi rājendra sukhī vigatakalmaṣaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Tras bañarte en los tīrthas sagrados de peregrinación, quedarás purificado del pecado y libre de la fiebre de la aflicción. Entonces, oh rey de reyes, gozarás de tu reino con dicha, sin mancha alguna».

Word by Word

• तीर्थेषु: in/at the sacred fords (pilgrimage places)
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• आप्लुत्य: having bathed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु (आ + प्लु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having bathed

• पुण्येषु: in holy/meritorious (places)
• पुण्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• विपाप्मा: free from sin
• विपाप्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपाप्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विगतज्वरः: with fever gone; free from distress
• विगतज्वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगतज्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राज्यम्: the kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोक्ष्यसि: you will enjoy/rule
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings / O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विगतकल्मषः: with impurity removed; stainless
• विगतकल्मषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगतकल्मष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājendra (addressed king)
• tīrtha (sacred pilgrimage places)
• rājya (kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links ethical renewal with disciplined sacred practice: bathing at holy tīrthas symbolizes and effects purification (vipāpmā, vigatakalmaṣaḥ), leading to relief from inner torment (vigatajvaraḥ) and the restoration of rightful well-being and kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king (rājendra), assuring him that after undertaking pilgrimage and ritual bathing at sacred places, he will be cleansed of sin and distress and will thereafter enjoy his kingdom happily.