Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

मुञज्जातकांस्तथाञ्जीरान्‌ दाडिमान्‌ बीजपूरकान्‌ । पनसॉल्लकुचान्‌ मोचान्‌ खर्जूरानम्लवेतसान्‌

Transliteration

muñjajātakāṁstathāñjīrān dāḍimān bījapūrākān | panasāllakucān mocān kharjūrānamlavetasān

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Naroon ang sari-saring bunga at ani ng gubat—mga usbong ng muñja, mga igos (añjīra), granada (dāḍima), mga bungang kahawig ng citron (bījapūraka), langka (panasa), mga bungang lakuca, saging (moca), datiles (kharjūra), at mga maaasim na bungang vetasa.”

Word by Word

मुञ्जजातकान्munja-shoots/munja sprouts

तथाand also/likewise

अञ्जीरान्figs

दाडिमान्pomegranates

बीजपूरकान्citron fruits (bījapūraka)

पनसान्jackfruits

अल्लकुचान्a kind of fruit (allakuca)

मोचान्bananas/plantains

खर्जूरान्dates

अम्लवेतसान्sour cane/reed (amla-vetasa)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

muñja (plant/grass)

añjīra (fig)

dāḍima (pomegranate)

bījapūraka (citron/pomelo-like fruit)

panasa (jackfruit)

lakuca (forest fruit)

moca (plantain/banana)

kharjūra (date)

amla-vetasa (sour vetasa fruit/plant)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how life in the forest can be sustained through readily available natural produce, underscoring ideals of simplicity, restraint, and non-harm—values often associated with righteous endurance during exile.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana provides a descriptive inventory of fruits and forest produce, painting the setting as fertile and supportive for those living away from cities—an atmospheric detail typical of the Vana Parva’s exile narrative.