Shloka 23

Devanagari script

मुक्ताहारैरिव चित च्युतै: प्रस्रवणोदकै: । अभिरामदरीकुज्जनिर्सरोदककन्दरम्‌,निरन्तर झरनेवाले झरनोंके जल उस पहाड़के कण्ठदेशमें अवलम्बित मोतियोंके हार- से प्रतीत हो रहे थे। उस पर्वतकी गुफा, कुंज, निर्झर, सलिल और कन्दराएँ सभी मनोहर थे

Transliteration

muktāhārair iva citacyutaiḥ prasravaṇodakaiḥ | abhirāmadarīkuñjanirjharodakakandaram ||

Translation

สายน้ำที่ไหลไม่ขาดจากธารบนภูเขานั้นดูประหนึ่งสร้อยมุกหลุดร่วงเป็นสาย ๆ ห้อยลงมา ถ้ำ หุบผา พงพฤกษา น้ำตก แอ่งน้ำ และซอกผาหินทั้งหลายของภูผานั้น ล้วนรื่นรมย์ยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

मुक्ता-हारैःwith/like pearl-necklaces

इवas if, like

चित्indeed, even

च्युतैःfallen, dropped

प्रस्रवण-उदकैःwith spring/waterfall-waters

अभिराम-दरी-कुञ्ज-निर्झर-उदक-कन्दरम्having delightful ravines, groves, cascades, waters, and caves

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

mountain

springs (prasravaṇa)

waterfalls/streams (nirjhara)

pearl-necklace (muktāhāra)

caves (kandara)

ravines (darī)

groves (kuñja)

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 how attentive perception of nature can cultivate calmness and inner steadiness during hardship; beauty and order can be discerned even in exile, supporting endurance and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a mountain landscape in the forest: continuous spring-water and waterfalls appear like hanging pearl-garlands, and the mountain’s caves, groves, ravines, and streams are portrayed as exceptionally pleasing.