Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 101 Shloka 15 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 15

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 101: Bhogavatī-varṇana, Nāga-vaṃśa-kathana, and Sumukha-vivāha-prastāva

Devanagari script

न नागलोके न स्वर्गे न विमाने त्रिविष्टपे । परिवास: सुखस्तादृगू रसातलतले यथा

Transliteration

na nāgaloke na svarge na vimāne triviṣṭape | parivāsaḥ sukhastādṛg rasātalatale yathā ||

Translation

नारद उवाच—न नागलोके न स्वर्गे न विमाने त्रिविष्टपे। परिवासः सुखस्तादृक् रसातलतले यथा॥

Word by Word

नnot

नागलोकेin the Nāga-world

नnor

स्वर्गेin heaven

नnor

विमानेin a celestial car/palace (vimāna)

त्रिविष्टपेin Triviṣṭapa (heaven)

परिवासःdwelling/residence

सुखस्तादृक्so pleasant (of such happiness)

नnot

रसातलतलेon/in the floor of Rasātala (netherworld)

यथाas/like

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Nāgaloka

Svarga

Vimāna

Triviṣṭapa

Rasātala

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Happiness is not inherently tied to prestigious realms like heaven; true comfort depends on one’s state and satisfaction, so even a ‘lower’ place can feel happier than exalted abodes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada cites a proverbial gāthā contrasting Nāgaloka, heaven, and celestial vimānas with Rasātala, using the comparison to make a moral point about the nature of happiness and residence.