Mahabharata (Gita Press) 1.39.2 - Adi Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 2

आदि पर्व — अध्याय 39: तक्षक–काश्यप संवादः, न्यग्रोधसंजीवनम्, पारिक्षितोपायः

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति तां कन्यां वासुकि: पर्यरक्षत । जरत्कारुं स्वसारं वै परं हर्षमवाप च

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti tāṃ kanyāṃ vāsukiḥ paryarakṣat | jaratkāruṃ svasāraṃ vai paraṃ harṣam avāpa ca ||

Translation

ນັບແຕ່ນັ້ນເປັນຕົ້ນມາ ວາສຸກິໄດ້ປົກປ້ອງຄຸ້ມຄອງນາງກະສັດຕະຣີ ຈະຣັດກາຣຸ—ນ້ອງສາວແທ້ຂອງທ່ານ—ຢ່າງລະມັດລະວັງ ແລະທ່ານກໍໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມຍິນດີຢ່າງໃຫຍ່. ໃນບົດເລື່ອງ ນີ້ເປັນໝາຍວ່າ ພວກນາກາໄດ້ພ້ອມໃຈຍອມຮັບແຜນການທີ່ ເອລາປັດຕະ ໄດ້ກ່າວໄວ້: ການຮັກສາຈະຣັດກາຣຸ ກາຍເປັນການກະທຳທີ່ຈົ່ງໃຈ ແລະເປັນໜ້າທີ່ ເພື່ອຄຸ້ມຄອງສະຫວັດດີພາບຂອງວົງສານາກາ ແລະຫຼີກເວັ້ນອັນຕະລາຍທີ່ກຳລັງເຂົ້າໃກ້.

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Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tataḥ prabhṛti', 'meaning': 'from that time onward

• thenceforth'}, {'term': 'kanyā', 'meaning': 'maiden

• unmarried girl'}, {'term': 'Vāsukiḥ', 'meaning': 'Vāsuki, king/leader among the Nāgas'}, {'term': 'paryarakṣat', 'meaning': 'protected

• guarded with care (imperfect of pari-√rakṣ)'}, {'term': 'Jaratkārum', 'meaning': 'Jaratkāru (female), the sister of Vāsuki'}, {'term': 'svasāram', 'meaning': 'own sister'}, {'term': 'vai', 'meaning': 'indeed

• emphatic particle'}, {'term': 'param', 'meaning': 'great

• supreme'}, {'term': 'harṣam', 'meaning': 'joy

• delight'}, {'term': 'avāpa', 'meaning': 'obtained

• attained (aorist of √āp)'}, {'term': 'ca', 'meaning': 'and'}]

Speaker

एलापत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Elāpatra
• Vāsuki
• Jaratkāru (female)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as protective responsibility: when a community recognizes a looming threat, rightful action includes safeguarding vulnerable members and honoring familial obligations, thereby supporting the continuity and welfare of the group.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Elāpatra’s counsel is accepted, Vāsuki begins, from that very time, to guard and care for his sister Jaratkāru, and he feels great happiness—signaling the Nāgas’ resolve to act on the agreed plan.