Mahabharata 3.42.263 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 42, Shloka 263

Lokapāla-samāgamaḥ—Arjuna Receives Astras from the World-Guardians

Book 3, Chapter 42

Devanagari script

अमृतास्वादनीया मे पीता: प्रस्रवणोदका: । 'यहाँके विभिन्न स्थानोंसे सुगन्धित फल लेकर भोजन किये हैं। तुम्हारे शरीरसे प्रकट हुए परम सुगन्धित प्रचुर जलका सेवन किया है। तुम्हारे झरनेका अमृतके समान स्वादिष्ट जल मैंने प्रतिदिन पान किया है

Transliteration

amṛtāsvādanīyā me pītāḥ prasravaṇodakāḥ |

Translation

ഞാൻ നിന്റെ ഉറവകളിലെ ജലം പാനം ചെയ്തിരിക്കുന്നു—അമൃതസമമായ മധുരമുള്ളത്. നിന്റെ ദേഹത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്ന അത്യന്തം സുഗന്ധമുള്ള സമൃദ്ധജലം ഞാൻ ദിനംപ്രതി കുടിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• अमृतास्वादनीयाः: having taste like nectar; nectar-tasty
• अमृतास्वादनीयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत-आस्वादनीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पीताः: drunk; having been drunk
• पीताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीत (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रस्रवणोदकाः: spring-waters (waters of the fountain/stream)
• प्रस्रवणोदकाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्रवण-उदक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• prasravaṇa (springs)
• udaka (water)
• amṛta (nectar)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights gratitude and the dharmic value of life-sustaining gifts in the wilderness—pure water and nourishment—framed as sacred, ‘nectar-like’ provisions that deserve reverence rather than entitlement.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the forest setting of the Vana Parva, the speaker describes having repeatedly drunk delicious spring-water, emphasizing its fragrance and abundance, and situating the experience within the broader narrative of survival, hospitality, and sanctity of natural resources.