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

Vaiśampāyana said: Once, while wandering on pilgrimage, the great sage Lomaśa went to Śakra’s celestial abode, wishing to behold Purandara (Indra). The episode sets a dharmic tone: a sage’s purposeful journey toward the divine becomes the means by which guidance and messages are later conveyed for the good of others.

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)