Shloka 15

यक्षोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः

Entry into the Yakṣa-Lake Episode

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच विवस्वानिव तेजस्वी बृहस्पतिसमो मतौ । महेन्द्र इव वीरश्न वसुधेव समन्वित:,नारदजीने कहा--वह राजकुमार सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी, बृहस्पतिके समान बुद्धिमान, इन्द्रके समान वीर और पृथ्वीके समान क्षमाशील है

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | vivasvān iva tejasvī bṛhaspati-samo matau | mahendra iva vīraś ca vasudhā iva samanvitaḥ ||

Translation

Narada said: “That prince is radiant like the Sun, wise in counsel like Bṛhaspati, heroic like Mahendra (Indra), and endowed with forbearance like the Earth.”

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

विवस्वान्the Sun (Vivasvan)

इवlike/as

तेजस्वीradiant, brilliant

बृहस्पतिःBrihaspati

समःequal to

मतौin intellect/understanding

महेन्द्रःMahendra (Indra)

इवlike/as

वीरःheroic, brave

चand

वसुधाthe Earth

इवlike/as

समन्वितःendowed (with), possessed of

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Vivasvān (Sūrya)

Bṛhaspati

Mahendra (Indra)

Vasudhā (Earth)

the prince (rājakumāra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a model of ideal rulership: brilliance (tejas), sound counsel (mati), valor (vīrya), and earth-like forbearance (kṣamā). Ethical kingship requires not only power and heroism but also wisdom and patient restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a certain prince by comparing his qualities to divine and cosmic exemplars—Sun, Bṛhaspati, Indra, and Earth—thereby establishing the prince’s exceptional fitness for leadership and moral stature.