Shloka 29

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

इन्द्रप्रीत्या चेदिपतिश्नकारेन्द्रमहं वसु: । पुत्राश्नास्य महावीर्या: पज्चासन्नमितौजस:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

indraprītyā cedipatir nakāre indramahaṃ vasuḥ |

putrāś cāsya mahāvīryāḥ pañcāsann amitaujasaḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า เพื่อให้พระอินทร์ทรงพอพระทัย พระเจ้าวสุ เจ้าแห่งเจดี ได้จัดอินทรอุตสวะ ณ นการาเป็นประจำทุกปี พระองค์มีโอรสห้าพระองค์ ล้วนเป็นมหาวีรบุรุษ มีกำลังอันหาประมาณมิได้

Word by Word

• इन्द्रप्रीत्या: by/for Indra's pleasure
• इन्द्रप्रीत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रप्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• चेदिपतिः: the king/lord of Cedi
• चेदिपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदिपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्नकारेन्द्रम्: Shnakarendra (a proper name/title)
• श्नकारेन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्नकारेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसुः: Vasu (proper name)
• वसुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• महावीर्याः: of great valor
• महावीर्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Adhikarana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: true

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अमितौजसः: of immeasurable strength
• अमितौजसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमितौजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Indra
• Vasu (Cedi king)
• Cedi
• Nakāra
• Indra-maha (festival)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king’s public life is shown as bound to ritual responsibility and devotion: Vasu maintains annual worship of Indra, suggesting that prosperity and social order are supported by disciplined observance and reverence toward the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the Cedi king Vasu: he annually celebrates an Indra-festival at Nakāra to please Indra, and he is introduced as having five sons who are renowned for valor and immense strength.