Shloka 12

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणास्ते5न्वमोदन्‍त शिवेन कुशलेन च | सुखोदर्कमिमं क्लेशमचिराद्‌ भरतर्षभ,तब उन ब्राह्मणोंने कुशल-मंगलके साथ उन सबके अभीष्ट मनोरथकी पूर्तिका अनुमोदन किया और कहा--'भरतश्रेष्ठी] आजका यह क्लेश शीघ्र ही सुखद भविष्यके रूपमें परिणत हो जायगा

Transliteration

brāhmaṇās te ’nvamodan śivena kuśalena ca | sukhodarkam imaṁ kleśam acirād bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Те брахманы выразили своё одобрение, призывая благость и благополучие. Они провозгласили: «О бык среди Бхарат, это нынешнее испытание вскоре созреет в грядущее счастье».

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणाःthe Brahmins

तेthey

अन्वमोदन्approved, assented

शिवेनwith auspiciousness

कुशलेनwith welfare, well-being

चand

सुखोदर्कम्having happiness as its outcome

इमम्this

क्लेशम्distress, hardship

अचिरात्soon, before long

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

brāhmaṇas

Bharatarṣabha (honorific addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Hardship (kleśa) need not be seen as meaningless; under dharmic conduct and with auspicious intent, it can ‘ripen’ (udarka) into well-being. The verse reinforces patience and moral confidence that present suffering may yield beneficial outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that brāhmaṇas respond with approval and blessings, assuring the addressed hero—called ‘Bharatarṣabha’—that the current distress will soon turn into happiness.