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 ||
ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ମତ୍ତ ମୟୂରମାନଙ୍କ କଳରବରେ ଗୁଞ୍ଜିଉଠୁଥିବା ସେ ମହାବନରେ ନରଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ପ୍ରବେଶ କଲେ। ପରେ ସେ ନରର୍ଷଭ ଚୈତ୍ରରଥ-ବନ ସଦୃଶ ଖ୍ୟାତିପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ଏକ ରମଣୀୟ ପ୍ରଦେଶକୁ ସମୀପ କଲେ।
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.