Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा तु ते सर्वे हैडिम्बप्रमुखास्तदा । उद्देशज्ञा: कुबेरस्य नलिन्या भरतर्षभ,जनमेजय! तब कुबेरके उस सरोवरका पता जाननेवाले उन घटोत्कच आदि सब राक्षसोंने “तथास्तु/ कहकर पाण्डवों तथा उन अनेकानेक ब्राह्मणोंको कंधेपर बैठाकर लोमशजीके साथ वहाँसे प्रसन्नतापूर्वक प्रस्थान किया

Transliteration

tathety uktvā tu te sarve haiḍimbapramukhās tadā | uddeśajñāḥ kuberasya nalinyā bharatarṣabha janamejaya ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Sau khi đáp “Xin được như vậy”, tất cả các rākṣasa ấy—do dòng Haiḍimba dẫn đầu—những kẻ thông thạo đường đến hồ sen của Kubera, bèn, hỡi bậc tráng kiện trong dòng Bharata, hỡi Janamejaya, vui mừng rời khỏi nơi ấy cùng hiền giả Lomaśa, vác các Pāṇḍava và vô số bà-la-môn trên vai mà lên đường.

Word by Word

तथाthus

इतिthus (quotative)

उक्त्वाhaving said

तुbut/indeed

तेthey/those

सर्वेall

हैडिम्बHaidimba (Ghaṭotkaca)

प्रमुखाःchief/led by

तदाthen

उद्देशindication/location

ज्ञाःknowers

कुबेरस्यof Kubera

नलिन्याःof the lotus-lake (Nalिनी)

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

जनमेजयO Janamejaya

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Janamejaya

Haiḍimba (clan)

Ghaṭotkaca (implied by ‘Haiḍimba-pramukha’/context)

Kubera

Nalini (Kubera’s lake)

Pāṇḍavas

Brāhmaṇas

Lomaśa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Assistance offered in a righteous cause is a form of dharma: strength and power become ethically meaningful when used to protect travelers, support sages, and serve a just journey.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Haiḍimba-led rākṣasas, familiar with the way to Kubera’s lotus-lake (Nalini), agree to help. They depart happily with Lomaśa, carrying the Pāṇḍavas and many brāhmaṇas on their shoulders to guide them onward.