Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

ततस्तु तेषां पुनरेव हर्ष: कैलासमालोक्य महान्‌ बभूव कुबेरकान्तं भरतर्षभाणां महीधरं वारिधरप्रकाशम्‌

Transliteration

tatastu teṣāṃ punareva harṣaḥ kailāsam ālokya mahān babhūva | kuberakāntaṃ bharatarṣabhāṇāṃ mahīdharaṃ vāridharaprakāśam ||

Translation

そしてカイラーサ山を望み見るや、彼らのうちに再び大いなる歓喜が湧き起こった。クベーラに愛されるその山は、バラタ族の俊傑たちの目に、雨雲のごとく輝く雄大な峰として現れ、聖にして畏るべき境域へ近づく彼らの気を新たにした。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तुbut, indeed

तेषाम्of them

पुनःagain

एवindeed, just

हर्षःjoy, delight

कैलासम्Mount Kailāsa

आलोक्यhaving seen

महान्great

बभूवbecame, arose

कुबेरकान्तम्beloved/pleasing to Kubera

भरतर्षभाणाम्of the best of the Bharatas

महीधरम्mountain (earth-holder)

वारिधरप्रकाशम्shining like a rain-cloud

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kailāsa

Kubera

Bharatas (foremost among them—Pāṇḍavas implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how contact with sacred places and uplifting sights can restore courage and joy, supporting perseverance on a difficult path; reverence for the divine order is reinforced through the mountain’s association with Kubera and its majestic, cloud-like radiance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the travelers (the foremost Bharatas, i.e., the Pāṇḍavas) see Mount Kailāsa, and their joy rises again as they behold the great mountain, famed as dear to Kubera and gleaming like a rain-cloud.