Shloka 5

Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā

Indraloka-gamana

Devanagari script

इन्द्रवैश्रवणावेतां दिशं पाण्डव रक्षत: | पर्वतैश्न वनान्तैश्न काननैश्वैव शोभिताम्‌

Transliteration

indravaiśravaṇāvetāṃ diśaṃ pāṇḍava rakṣataḥ | parvataiś ca vanāntaiś ca kānanaiś caiva śobhitām |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Người con của Pāṇḍu đang canh giữ phương do Indra và Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) cai quản—một phương rực rỡ bởi núi non, những dải rừng ven, và các khu rừng thẳm.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रवैश्रवणौ: Indra and Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• इन्द्रवैश्रवणौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-वैश्रवण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• एताम्: this
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दिशम्: direction/quarter
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• रक्षतः: you two protect/guard
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Present, Second, Dual, Parasmaipada, Imperative

• पर्वतैः: with mountains
• पर्वतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• वनान्तैः: with forest-regions/forest-ends
• वनान्तैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनान्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• काननैः: with groves/woods
• काननैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शोभिताम्: adorned/beautified
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभित
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍava
• Indra
• Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• diś (a quarter/direction)
• parvata (mountains)
• vanānta (forest margins)
• kānana (groves/woods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as vigilant stewardship: guarding one’s assigned domain is portrayed as a principled duty harmonized with cosmic order (the quarters presided over by deities), not merely a practical necessity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a Pāṇḍava standing guard over a particular quarter associated with Indra and Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), while also painting the setting as a beautiful landscape of mountains, forest edges, and groves.