Shloka 16

Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ गिरौ प्रस्नरवणोपपन्न- हिमोत्तरीयारुणपाण्डुसानौ विशाखयूपं समुपेत्य चक्ु- स्तदा निवासं पुरुषप्रवीरा:,झरनोंसे युक्त हिमराशि उस पर्वतरूपी पुरुषके लिये उत्तरीयका काम करती थी और उसका अरुण एवं श्वेत रंगका शिखर बालसूर्यकी किरणें पड़नेसे सफेद एवं लाल पगड़ीके समान शोभा पाता था। उसके ऊपर विशाखयूप नामक वनमें पहुँचकर नरवीर पाण्डवोंने उस समय निवास किया

Transliteration

tasmin girau prasnaravaṇopapanna-himottarīyāruṇapāṇḍusānau | viśākhayūpaṃ samupetya cakruḥ tadā nivāsaṃ puruṣapravīrāḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。滝の落ちる響きが絶えず、雪が山腹を上衣のごとく覆い、頂が淡い紅と白の色に輝くその山において、 पुरुषのうち最もすぐれたパーンダヴァたちは「ヴィシャーカユーパ」と名づく森に至り、その時そこを住まいと定めた。

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that

गिरौon the mountain

प्रस्नरवणोपपन्नहिमोत्तरीयारुणपाण्डुसानौon (a mountain) whose slopes were pale-reddish, with snow as an upper garment, and endowed with streams/waterfalls

विशाखयूपम्Viśākhayūpa (place/forest)

समुपेत्यhaving approached

चक्रुःthey made / they took up

तदाthen

निवासम्dwelling, residence

पुरुषप्रवीराःthe foremost of men (heroes)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

a mountain (giri)

streams/waterfalls (prasnaravaṇa)

snow (hima)

Viśākhayūpa (forest/place)

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?

The verse highlights dharmic endurance: the Pāṇḍavas accept hardship during exile with restraint and steadiness, choosing a disciplined life amid austere natural surroundings rather than being driven by anger or impatience.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a mountain alive with the sound of streams and covered with snow like a mantle; the Pāṇḍavas arrive at the forest called Viśākhayūpa and establish their residence there.