Shloka 6

उपहार-विधानम्, यक्षपूजा, रत्ननिध्युद्धारः

Offerings to Tryambaka; Yakṣa honors; Excavation of the Treasure

Devanagari script

सरांसि सरितश्नैव वनान्युपवनानि च । अत्यक्रामन्महाराजो गिरिं चाप्यन्वपद्यत

Transliteration

sarāṃsi saritaś caiva vanāny upavanāni ca | atyakrāman mahārājo giriṃ cāpy anvapadyata ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच— स सरांसि सरितश्चैव वनान्युपवनानि च । अत्यक्रामन्महाराजो गिरिं चाप्यन्वपद्यत ॥

Word by Word

सरांसिlakes

सरितःrivers

चand

एवindeed/also

वनानिforests

उपवनानिgroves/parks

चand

अत्यक्रामन्they crossed/overstepped

महाराजःthe great king

गिरिम्a mountain

चand

अपिalso/even

अन्वपद्यतhe followed/went after

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

mahārāja (the great king)

sarāṃsi (lakes)

saritaḥ (rivers)

vanāni (forests)

upavanāni (groves)

giri (mountain)

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?

The verse highlights steadfastness and disciplined forward movement in a king’s duty: he continues his appointed course despite varied terrains, suggesting that righteous undertakings require endurance and orderly progress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the great king’s onward journey: he traverses lakes, rivers, forests, and groves, and then continues along/through a mountainous region as part of the unfolding events in the Aśvamedhika Parva.