Shloka 103

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

Devanagari script

ततस्ते तिग्मतपसं कृशं धमनिसंततम्‌ | पारगं सर्वधर्माणामार्टिषिणमुपागमन्‌,फिर वे कठोर तपस्वी दुर्बलकाय तथा नस-नाड़ियोंसे ही व्याप्त राजर्षि आर्टिषेणके समीप गये, जो सम्पूर्ण धर्मोके पारंगत विद्वान थे

Transliteration

tatas te tigma-tapasaṁ kṛśaṁ dhamani-saṁtatam | pāragaṁ sarva-dharmāṇām ārtiṣiṇam upāgaman |

Translation

やがて彼らは、アールティシナ（Ārtiṣiṇa）——王仙（ラージャ・リシ）——のもとへ赴いた。鋭い苦行により身はやせ細り、筋と血管が浮き立つその人は、あらゆるダルマ（dharma）に通暁していた。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey

तिग्मतपसम्one of fierce/keen austerity

कृशम्emaciated, lean

धमनिसंततम्pervaded/covered with veins (only)

पारगम्one who has gone to the far shore; fully versed

सर्वधर्माणाम्of all dharmas/duties

आर्टिषिणम्Ārtiṣeṇa (name of the royal sage)

उपागमन्they approached, went near

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṁpāyana

Ārtiṣiṇa (royal sage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True guidance in dharma is sought from those who have realized it through discipline and lived austerity; mastery of dharma is portrayed as an attained ‘far shore’ (pāragam), not mere book-knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of seekers approaches the royal sage Ārtiṣiṇa, described as intensely austere and physically emaciated, because he is renowned as a comprehensive authority on dharma.