Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

फलैरमृतकल्पैस्तानाचितान्‌ स्वादुभिस्तरून्‌ | तथैव चम्पकाशोकान्‌ केतकान्‌ बकुलांस्तथा

Transliteration

phalair amṛtakalpais tān ācitān svādubhis tarūn | tathaiva campakāśokān ketakān bakulāṁs tathā

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—ที่นั่นหมู่ไม้แน่นหนักด้วยผลอันหวานดุจอมฤต; ทั้งยังมีไม้จัมปกะ ไม้อโศก พืชเกตกะ และไม้บกุล งอกงามหอมรื่นทั่วพงไพรอันเป็นมงคลนั้น

Word by Word

फलैःwith fruits

अमृतकल्पैःnectar-like

तान्those

आचितान्filled/covered (with)

स्वादुभिःsweet

तरून्trees

तथाthus/likewise

एवindeed/just

चम्पकchampaka trees

अशोकान्ashoka trees

केतकान्ketaka (screw-pine) plants/trees

बकुलान्bakula trees

तथाand likewise

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

trees (taru)

nectar-like fruits (amṛtakalpa phala)

campaka

aśoka

ketaka

bakula

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 primarily serves descriptive and ethical-narrative framing: it presents the forest as abundant and auspicious, suggesting that even in exile or hardship, the world can offer sustaining beauty and nourishment—encouraging steadiness and receptivity rather than despair.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a forest region rich with sweet, nectar-like fruits and fragrant trees (campaka, aśoka, ketaka, bakula), building the atmosphere of a serene, fertile woodland setting within the Vana Parva narrative.