Shloka 30

Raivataka-giri Mahotsava and the Counsel on Subhadrā’s Marriage (रैवतके महोत्सवः — सुभद्राविवाहोपायविचारः)

Devanagari script

कृते तु समये तस्मिन्‌ पाण्डवैर्धर्मचारिभि: । नारदो<प्यगमत्‌ प्रीत इष्टं देशं महामुनि:,धर्मका आचरण करनेवाले पाण्डवोंद्वारा यह नियम स्वीकार कर लिये जानेपर महामुनि नारदजी प्रसन्न हो अभीष्ट स्थानको चले गये

Transliteration

kṛte tu samaye tasmin pāṇḍavair dharmacāribhiḥ | nārado 'py agamat prīta iṣṭaṃ deśaṃ mahāmuniḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ధర్మాచరణ గల పాండవులు ఆ నియమాన్ని స్థాపించిన తరువాత, మహాముని నారదుడు సంతోషించి తనకు ఇష్టమైన స్థానానికి వెళ్లిపోయాడు.

Word by Word

कृतेwhen (it was) done/settled

तुbut/indeed

समयेat the time/occasion

तस्मिन्in that

पाण्डवैःby the Pāṇḍavas

धर्मचारिभिःby the righteous-practising (ones)

नारदःNārada

अपिalso/even

अगमत्went

प्रीतःpleased

इष्टम्desired/favoured

देशम्place/region

महामुनिःthe great sage

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Nārada

iṣṭa-deśa (desired place)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is shown as fidelity to a settled agreement (samaya) and disciplined conduct; when the Pāṇḍavas accept and uphold the rule properly, the sage is satisfied—ethical order is affirmed through keeping one’s word.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Pāṇḍavas formally accept the stipulated condition/time, Nārada, pleased with their righteous compliance, departs to his chosen destination, marking the close of his immediate involvement in the episode.