Shloka 3
Jaṭāsura-praveśa, Draupadī-apaharaṇa, and Jaṭāsura-vadha (जटासुरप्रवेशः द्रौपद्यपहरणं च जटासुरवधः)
हरिताम्बुजसंच्छन्नां दिव्यां कनकपुष्कराम् । नानापक्षिजनाकीर्णा सूपतीर्थामकर्दमाम्
haritāmbujasaṃchannāṃ divyāṃ kanakapuṣkarām | nānāpākṣijanākīrṇāṃ sūpatīrthām akardamām ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “(Nakita nila) ang isang banal na lawa ng mga lotus, na natatakpan ang ibabaw ng luntiang mga lotus at kumikislap sa ginintuang mga bulaklak; dinudumog ng sari-saring ibon at nilalang; may mahuhusay na pook-paliguang tubig at walang bahid ng putik.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds purity and auspiciousness through landscape: a clear, mudless lake with good bathing-places suggests a setting fit for restraint, reflection, and dharmic conduct—outer cleanliness mirroring inner clarity.
The narrator describes a wondrous lotus-lake—green with lotuses, gleaming with golden blooms, alive with birds and other beings, and offering fine, clean access points—setting the scene for the events of this section of the Vana Parva.