Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

अन्वशासत्‌ स धर्मज्ञ: पुत्रवद्‌ भरतर्षभान्‌ | तेडनुज्ञाता महात्मान: प्रययुर्दिशमुत्तराम्‌,वृषपर्वा भूत और भविष्यके ज्ञाता, कार्यकुशल और सम्पूर्ण धर्मोके मर्मज्ञ थे। उन धर्मज्ञ नरेशने भरतश्रेष्ठ पाण्डवोंको पुत्रकी भाँति उपदेश दिया। उनकी आज्ञा पाकर महामना पाण्डव उत्तरदिशाकी ओर चले

Transliteration

anvaśāsat sa dharmajñaḥ putravad bharatarṣabhān | te 'nujñātā mahātmānaḥ prayayur diśam uttarām ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。ダルマを知る王は、バーラタの雄牛のごとき勇士たるパーンダヴァたちを、父が子を諭すように教え戒めた。許しを得た大心の者たちは、北の方角へと進み去った。

Word by Word

अन्वशासत्instructed, advised

सःhe

धर्मज्ञःknower of dharma

पुत्रवत्like (his) sons

भरतर्षभान्the best of the Bharatas

तेthey

अनुज्ञाताःhaving been permitted, with permission granted

महात्मानःgreat-souled ones

प्रययुःwent forth, departed

दिशम्direction

उत्तराम्northern

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

a dharma-knowing king (contextually: Vṛṣaparvan, as per the accompanying prose)

Uttara-diś (the northern direction)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous leadership expresses itself through dharma-informed counsel given with genuine care—guidance that is both principled (dharmajña) and affectionate (putravat), strengthening the recipients’ moral resolve before action.

What is happening in the narrative?

A dharma-wise king gives the Pāṇḍavas fatherly instruction and then grants them leave; with his permission, the Pāṇḍavas depart and proceed toward the north.