Shloka 10

Ṛśyaśṛṅga’s Luring, Rainfall at Aṅga, and Reconciliation with Vibhāṇḍaka (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

अन्त:पुरे तं तु निवेश्य राजा विभाण्डकस्यात्मजमेकपुत्रम्‌ । ददर्श देवं सहसा प्रवृष्ट- मापूर्यमाणं च जगज्जलेन,राजा लोमपादने विभाण्डक मुनिके इकलौते पुत्रको महलके भीतर रनिवासमें ठहरा दिया और देखा, सहसा उसी क्षण इन्द्रदेवने वर्षा आरम्भ कर दी तथा सारा जगत्‌ जलसे परिपूर्ण हो गया

Transliteration

antaḥpure taṃ tu niveśya rājā vibhāṇḍakasyātmajam ekaputram | dadarśa devaṃ sahasā pravṛṣṭam āpūryamāṇaṃ ca jagaj jalena ||

Translation

罗摩跋陀王将毗婆难陀迦仙人的独子安置在内宫之后，立刻目睹奇迹：天帝因陀罗当即降下甘霖，仿佛整个世界都被水所充满。

Word by Word

अन्तःपुरेin the inner palace (harem)

तम्him

तुbut/indeed

निवेश्यhaving lodged/placed

राजाthe king

विभाण्डकस्यof Vibhaṇḍaka

आत्मजम्son

एकपुत्रम्only son

ददर्शsaw

देवम्the god (Indra)

सहसाsuddenly

प्रवृष्टम्having rained / raining forth (begun to rain)

आपूर्यमाणम्being filled

चand

जगत्the world

जलेनwith water

Speaker

विभाण्डक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vibhāṇḍaka

Vibhāṇḍaka’s son (Ṛśyaśṛṅga, implied by context)

Lomapāda (king, implied by the prose gloss)

Indra (implied by 'deva' and the rain event)

antaḥpura (inner palace)

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 the dharmic idea that honoring and safeguarding a person of tapas (austerity and self-control) can restore harmony in nature and society; ethical kingship includes protecting such virtue for the welfare of the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Lomapāda places Vibhāṇḍaka’s only son in the palace’s inner quarters; immediately Indra’s rain begins, and the land/world becomes filled with water—signaling the end of drought and the return of prosperity.