Shloka 113

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

पश्यामि च महीपाल पर्वतं गन्धमादनम्‌ । मन्दरं मनुजव्याप्र नीलं चापि महागिरिम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | paśyāmi ca mahīpāla parvataṃ gandhamādanam | mandaraṃ manujavyāghra nīlaṃ cāpi mahāgirim |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô roi, maître de la terre, je vois la montagne Gandhamādana ; et, ô tigre parmi les hommes, je vois aussi Mandara et le grand mont Nīla.»

Word by Word

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: लट्, Present (Indicative), 1st, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

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

• महीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गन्धमादनम्: Gandhamādana (mountain)
• गन्धमादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मन्दरम्: Mandara (mountain)
• मन्दरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मनुजव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुजव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नीलम्: Nīla (mountain)
• नीलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• महागिरिम्: the great mountain
• महागिरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागिरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahīpāla (king, addressee)
• manujavyāghra (tiger among men, addressee)
• Gandhamādana (mountain)
• Mandara (mountain)
• Nīla (mountain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage reinforces humility and reverence: even the mightiest features of the world—famed mountains and sacred landscapes—can be encompassed within a larger cosmic reality. This perspective encourages ethical restraint and a recognition of the ordered vastness (dharma-like structure) underlying experience.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates a visionary sequence in which the speaker reports seeing renowned mountains—Gandhamādana, Mandara, and the great Nīla—while describing extraordinary travel/observation within a miraculous setting, emphasizing marvel and sacred geography.