Shloka 10

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

Devanagari script

देवलोकादिमं लोकं द्रक्ष्याम: पुनरागतम्‌ । इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्म॒ुणान्‌ सर्वानामन्त्रयत पाण्डव:,'शत्रुओंका दमन करनेवाले गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुन अस्त्रविद्या प्राप्त करके पुनः देवलोकसे इस मनुष्यलोकमें आनेवाले हैं। हमलोग शीघ्र ही उनसे मिलेंगे”! ऐसा कहकर पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरने सब ब्राह्मणोंको आमन्त्रित किया

Transliteration

devalokād imaṁ lokaṁ drakṣyāmaḥ punarāgatam | ity uktvā brāhmaṇān sarvān āmantayata pāṇḍavaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Kita akan melihatnya kembali ketika ia pulang dari alam para dewa ke dunia ini.” Setelah berkata demikian, sang Pāṇḍava, Yudhiṣṭhira, memanggil dan mengundang semua brāhmaṇa—yakin bahwa Arjuna, pemegang Gāṇḍīva, penunduk musuh, akan kembali setelah menguasai senjata-senjata surgawi.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'devaloka', 'definition': 'the world/realm of the gods

• heaven'}, {'term': 'imaṁ lokam', 'definition': 'this world

• the human realm'}, {'term': 'drakṣyāmaḥ', 'definition': 'we shall see (future, 1st person plural)'}, {'term': 'punar-āgatam', 'definition': 'returned again

• having come back'}, {'term': 'iti uktvā', 'definition': 'having said thus'}, {'term': 'brāhmaṇān sarvān', 'definition': 'all the brāhmaṇas (learned priests/sages)'}, {'term': 'āmantayata', 'definition': 'invited, summoned, called together'}, {'term': 'pāṇḍavaḥ', 'definition': 'a son/descendant of Pāṇḍu

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Arjuna
• Gāṇḍīva
• Devaloka
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights dharmic patience and confidence in righteous effort: Arjuna’s success comes through disciplined acquisition of higher knowledge (astravidyā), while Yudhiṣṭhira responds by honoring and gathering brāhmaṇas, showing reliance on counsel, ritual propriety, and moral steadiness rather than anxiety.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira expresses certainty that Arjuna will return from Devaloka to the human world after gaining mastery of divine weapons, and then Yudhiṣṭhira summons all the brāhmaṇas in anticipation of meeting him soon.