Shloka 6

उपहार-विधानम्, यक्षपूजा, रत्ननिध्युद्धारः

Offerings to Tryambaka; Yakṣa honors; Excavation of the Treasure

Devanagari script

सरांसि सरितश्नैव वनान्युपवनानि च । अत्यक्रामन्महाराजो गिरिं चाप्यन्वपद्यत

Transliteration

sarāṃsi saritaś caiva vanāny upavanāni ca | atyakrāman mahārājo giriṃ cāpy anvapadyata ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：那位大王继续前行，越过湖泊与河流，穿行于森林与林苑之间；又沿着山道推进——在王者的行幸之中，稳步不辍地向前。

Word by Word

• सरांसि: lakes
• सरांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

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

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

• वनानि: forests
• वनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उपवनानि: groves/parks
• उपवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• अत्यक्रामन्: they crossed/overstepped
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• महाराजः: the great king
• महाराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गिरिम्: a mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अन्वपद्यत: he followed/went after
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√पद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahārāja (the great king)
• sarāṃsi (lakes)
• saritaḥ (rivers)
• vanāni (forests)
• upavanāni (groves)
• giri (mountain)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness and disciplined forward movement in a king’s duty: he continues his appointed course despite varied terrains, suggesting that righteous undertakings require endurance and orderly progress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the great king’s onward journey: he traverses lakes, rivers, forests, and groves, and then continues along/through a mountainous region as part of the unfolding events in the Aśvamedhika Parva.