Shloka 29
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
इन्द्रप्रीत्या चेदिपतिश्नकारेन्द्रमहं वसु: । पुत्राश्नास्य महावीर्या: पज्चासन्नमितौजस:
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
indraprītyā cedipatir nakāre indramahaṃ vasuḥ |
putrāś cāsya mahāvīryāḥ pañcāsann amitaujasaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「インドラを喜ばせるため、チェーディ王ヴァスはナカーラにおいて毎年インドラ祭を執り行った。王には五人の子があり、いずれも大勇士で、その力は測り知れなかった。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king’s public life is shown as bound to ritual responsibility and devotion: Vasu maintains annual worship of Indra, suggesting that prosperity and social order are supported by disciplined observance and reverence toward the divine.
Vaiśampāyana describes the Cedi king Vasu: he annually celebrates an Indra-festival at Nakāra to please Indra, and he is introduced as having five sons who are renowned for valor and immense strength.