Shloka 3
Jaṭāsura-praveśa, Draupadī-apaharaṇa, and Jaṭāsura-vadha (जटासुरप्रवेशः द्रौपद्यपहरणं च जटासुरवधः)
हरिताम्बुजसंच्छन्नां दिव्यां कनकपुष्कराम् । नानापक्षिजनाकीर्णा सूपतीर्थामकर्दमाम्
haritāmbujasaṃchannāṃ divyāṃ kanakapuṣkarām | nānāpākṣijanākīrṇāṃ sūpatīrthām akardamām ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「（彼らは）神々しい蓮の湖を見た。水面は青蓮に覆われ、金色の蓮華がきらめく。さまざまな鳥や生きものが群れ集い、沐浴にふさわしい良き岸辺が備わり、泥の穢れはなかった。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds purity and auspiciousness through landscape: a clear, mudless lake with good bathing-places suggests a setting fit for restraint, reflection, and dharmic conduct—outer cleanliness mirroring inner clarity.
The narrator describes a wondrous lotus-lake—green with lotuses, gleaming with golden blooms, alive with birds and other beings, and offering fine, clean access points—setting the scene for the events of this section of the Vana Parva.