Shloka 86

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

Devanagari script

चकोरा: शतपत्राशक्ष मत्तकोकिलसारिका:

Transliteration

cakorāḥ śatapatrāś ca mattakokilasārikāḥ

Translation

ที่นั่นมีนกจักโกร นกศตปัตร และนกกาเหว่า กับนกเอี้ยงที่เริงร่าเหมือนมึนเมาด้วยความชื่นบาน

Word by Word

• चकोराः: chakora birds (partridges)
• चकोराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चकोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतपत्राः: hundred-petalled ones (lotuses)
• शतपत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मत्त: intoxicated / excited
• मत्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कोकिल: cuckoo
• कोकिल: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सारिकाः: mynah birds
• सारिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• cakora birds
• śatapatra birds
• cuckoos (kokila)
• mynas (sārikā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse implicitly teaches attentiveness to the moral and emotional power of environment: the forest’s harmony and auspicious sounds highlight peace, restraint, and inner steadiness—values especially relevant during exile and hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the forest setting with vivid natural imagery, listing birds present and their lively calls, as part of a broader depiction of the Vana Parva landscape and atmosphere.