Shloka 29

Kāmyake Pāṇḍavānāṃ Bhojana-vyavasthā

Provisioning and Welfare in the Kāmyaka Forest

Devanagari script

तीर्थेष्वाप्लुत्य पुण्येषु विपाप्मा विगतज्वर: । राज्यं भोक्ष्यसि राजेन्द्र सुखी विगतकल्मष:

Transliteration

tīrtheṣv āplutya puṇyeṣu vipāpmā vigatajvaraḥ | rājyaṃ bhokṣyasi rājendra sukhī vigatakalmaṣaḥ ||

Translation

புனித தீர்த்தங்களில் நீராடி நீ பாவமற்றவனாய், துயரக் காய்ச்சலிலிருந்து விடுபடுவாய். அப்பொழுது, ஓ அரசே, களங்கமின்றி மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் உன் அரசாட்சியை அனுபவிப்பாய்.

Word by Word

तीर्थेषुin/at the sacred fords (pilgrimage places)

आप्लुत्यhaving bathed

पुण्येषुin holy/meritorious (places)

विपाप्माfree from sin

विगतज्वरःwith fever gone; free from distress

राज्यम्the kingdom

भोक्ष्यसिyou will enjoy/rule

राजेन्द्रO king of kings / O best of kings

सुखीhappy

विगतकल्मषःwith impurity removed; stainless

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

rājendra (addressed king)

tīrtha (sacred pilgrimage places)

rājya (kingdom)

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 links ethical renewal with disciplined sacred practice: bathing at holy tīrthas symbolizes and effects purification (vipāpmā, vigatakalmaṣaḥ), leading to relief from inner torment (vigatajvaraḥ) and the restoration of rightful well-being and kingship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king (rājendra), assuring him that after undertaking pilgrimage and ritual bathing at sacred places, he will be cleansed of sin and distress and will thereafter enjoy his kingdom happily.