Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

नानामृगगणैर्जुष्टं कौन्तेय: सत्यविक्रम: । पदाति भ्रत्िभि: सार्धथ प्रातिछतत युधिछिर:,फिर सत्यपराक्रमी कुन्तीनन्दन युधिष्ठिर अपने भाइयोंके साथ पैदल ही (वृषपर्वकि बताये हुए मार्गपर) चले, जो अनेक जातिके मृगोंके झुंडोंसे भरा हुआ था

Transliteration

nānāmṛgagaṇair juṣṭaṃ kaunteyaḥ satyavikramaḥ | padātibhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ prātiṣṭhata yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

అప్పుడు సత్యపరాక్రముడైన కుంతీనందనుడు యుధిష్ఠిరుడు తన సోదరులతో కలిసి కాలినడకనే వృషపర్వా సూచించిన మార్గంలో బయలుదేరాడు; ఆ ప్రాంతం అనేక రకాల అడవి జంతువుల గుంపులతో నిండివుండేది.

Word by Word

नानाvarious, many kinds of

मृग-गणैःby herds of deer/animals

जुष्टम्frequented, inhabited

कौन्तेयःson of Kunti (Yudhishthira)

सत्य-विक्रमःof true valor

पदाति-भ्रातृभिःwith (his) brothers on foot

सार्धम्together with

प्रातिष्ठत्set out, departed

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kuntī

brothers of Yudhiṣṭhira (Pāṇḍavas)

wild animals (mṛga-gaṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in dharma: Yudhiṣṭhira, defined by truth and valor, continues forward with discipline and unity, suggesting that righteous resolve is maintained not only in courts and battles but also in arduous journeys and uncertain terrain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, accompanied by his brothers, departs on foot along a specified route, moving through a forested region crowded with many kinds of wild animals—an image that situates the Pāṇḍavas’ exile as both physically demanding and morally testing.