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Shloka 8536

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

Devanagari script

नदतां शृणु निर्घोषं भीम पर्वतसानुषु । 'भीम! इन पर्वतशिखरोंपर मोरिनियोंके साथ विचरते बोलते हुए मोरोंका यह मधुर केकारव तो सुनो

Transliteration

nadatāṁ śṛṇu nirghoṣaṁ bhīma parvata-sānuṣu |

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు—“భీమా, ఈ పర్వత వాలులపై మార్మోగుతున్న ఆ నినాదాన్ని విను—శిఖరాలపై నెమలీలతో కలిసి సంచరిస్తూ కూస్తున్న నెమళ్ల మధురమైన, మ్రోగే కేకారవం ఇది.”

Word by Word

नदताम्of (the) roaring/crying ones

शृणुhear (you)!

निर्घोषम्the loud sound/uproar

भीमO Bhima

पर्वतसानुषुon the mountain-slopes/ridges

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bhīma

mountain slopes (parvata-sānu)

peacocks (implied by context)

peahens (implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 attentiveness to the natural world as a means of steadying the mind during hardship; in the forest-exile setting, beauty and harmony in nature can temper agitation and support endurance.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator addresses Bhīma and draws his attention to the reverberating, sweet calls of peacocks on the mountain slopes, painting a vivid scene of the wilderness through sound and atmosphere.