Shloka 30
वंशानुकीर्तनम् — Genealogical Recitation from Dakṣa to Yayāti and the Establishment of the Paurava Line
मत्तबर्हिणसंघुष्ट प्रविवेश महद् वनम् | तत् स चैत्ररथप्रख्यं समुपेत्य नरर्षभ:
mattabarhiṇasaṅghuṣṭaḥ praviveśa mahad vanam | tat sa caitrarathaprakhyaṃ samupetya nararṣabhaḥ ||
वैशंपायन म्हणाले—मत्त मोरांच्या कलरवाने निनादणाऱ्या त्या विशाल वनात तो नरश्रेष्ठ प्रविष्ट झाला. पुढे तो पुरुषसिंह चैत्ररथवनासारख्या ख्यातनाम रम्य प्रदेशाजवळ जाऊन पोहोचला.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how a hero’s path often passes through spaces of beauty and abundance that can become arenas of testing—inviting attentiveness, restraint, and right conduct (dharma) amid allure and wonder.
The narrator describes a distinguished man entering a vast forest alive with peacock calls, and then approaching a celebrated, Caitraratha-like region—setting the scene for events in an exceptionally beautiful woodland setting.