Shloka 84

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

Devanagari script

अमानुषगतिं प्राप्ता: संसिद्धा: सम वृकोदर । लताभि: पुष्पिताग्राभि: पुष्पिता: पादपोत्तमा:

Transliteration

amānuṣa-gatiṁ prāptāḥ saṁsiddhāḥ sama vṛkodara | latābhiḥ puṣpitāgrābhiḥ puṣpitāḥ pādapottamāḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “โอ วฤโกทร! ต้นไม้ชั้นเลิศเหล่านั้นประหนึ่งบรรลุสภาพเหนือมนุษย์ ดุจสำเร็จสมบูรณ์แล้ว เถาวัลย์ที่ปลายกำลังผลิบานประดับอยู่ และตัวมันเองก็ยืนตระหง่านพรั่งพรูด้วยดอกไม้”

Word by Word

अमानुषगतिम्a non-human/superhuman course (state/way)

प्राप्ताःhaving attained

संसिद्धाःfully accomplished/perfected

समO (addressing), indeed

वृकोदरO Bhima (wolf-bellied)

लताभिःwith creepers/vines

पुष्पिताग्राभिःwith (vines) having flowering tips

पुष्पिताःin bloom/flowering

पादपोत्तमाःexcellent trees

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vṛkodara (Bhīma)

pādapottamāḥ (excellent trees)

latāḥ (creepers/vines)

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 the Mahābhārata’s ethical-aesthetic idea that environments reflect inner and cosmic order: a place marked by purity and auspicious power appears ‘perfected’ and extraordinary, inviting reverence and self-restraint rather than exploitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes to the listener (addressing Bhīma as Vṛkodara) a wondrous forest scene: the trees seem supernaturally perfected and are covered with flowering creepers, emphasizing the exceptional, almost otherworldly character of the setting.