Shloka 33

इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः

Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

ते पक्षिण इवापेतुर्गिरिशुड्धं महाजवा: । तस्थुस्तेषां समभ्याशे धनेश्वरपुर:सरा:,वे कुबेर आदि तीव्र वेगशाली यक्ष-राक्षस पक्षीकी तरह उड़कर गन्धमादन पर्वतके शिखरपर आये और पाण्डवोंके समीप खड़े हो गये

Transliteration

te pakṣiṇa ivāpetur giriśuddhaṃ mahājavāḥ | tasthus teṣāṃ samabhyāśe dhaneśvarapuraḥsarāḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。彼らは鳥のように迅速に、清らかな山頂へと飛び上がり、財宝の主に率いられて、パーンダヴァたちの近くに立った。

Word by Word

तेthose (they)

पक्षिणःbirds

इवlike, as if

अपेतुःflew away / went forth

गिरिशुद्धम्the mountain-peak (lit. mountain-pure/clear; i.e., lofty/clean summit)

महाजवाःvery swift

तस्थुःstood

तेषाम्of them (of the Pandavas)

समभ्याशेnear, in the vicinity

धनेश्वरपुरःसराःwith the Lord of Wealth (Kubera) as their leader

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kubera (Dhaneśvara)

Pāṇḍavas

Gandhamādana (mountain)

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?

Power and speed are portrayed as being governed by hierarchy and restraint: formidable beings act in an orderly way when led by rightful authority, suggesting an ethic of disciplined strength rather than chaotic aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of very swift beings—led by Kubera—fly up to the pure mountain summit (Gandhamādana) and then stand near the Pāṇḍavas, marking the moment of their arrival and approach.