Shloka 58
Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)
पद्मोदरच्युतरज:किंजल्कारुणरज्जितै: । मज्जुस्वरैर्मधुकरैविरुतान् कमलाकरान्,कमलोंसे भरे हुए तालाबोंमें मीठे स्वरसे बोलनेवाले भ्रमरोंके शब्द गूँज रहे थे। वे भ्रमर कमलके भीतरसे निकली हुई रज तथा केसरोंसे लाल रंगमें रँगे-से जान पड़ते थे
vaiśampāyana uvāca | padmodaracyutarajaḥ-kiñjalkāruṇarajjitaiḥ | mañjusvarair madhukaraiḥ virutān kamalākarān |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「蓮の池は、甘やかな声をもつ蜂の羽音で鳴り響いていた。蜂たちは、蓮の花芯からこぼれ落ちた花粉と、サフランにも似た糸状の蕊にまみれて、赤く染まったかのように見えた—この像は場の静謐な美をいっそう高め、森の安らぎと、流浪の者を先へと駆り立てる人の苦患との対照を際立たせる。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models attentive appreciation of the natural world: serenity, beauty, and harmony persist in the forest even amid human turmoil. In the Vana Parva context, such descriptions underscore endurance and inner steadiness—values aligned with dharma during hardship.
The narrator describes lotus-filled ponds in the forest. Bees, stained reddish by lotus pollen and filaments, hum melodiously, and their sound echoes across the water—setting a tranquil scene within the exiles’ woodland journey.