Shloka 4

Kubera’s Arrival and the Disclosure of Agastya’s Curse

Vaiśaṃpāyana–Janamejaya Narrative

Devanagari script

इति ब्रुवन्‌ पाण्डवेयान्‌ पर्युपास्ते सम नित्यदा । परीप्समान: पार्थानां कलापानि धनूंषि च

Transliteration

iti bruvan pāṇḍaveyān paryupāste sama nityadā | parīpsamānaḥ pārthānāṁ kalāpāni dhanūṁṣi ca

Translation

他如此言说，便常以平稳不偏之心侍立于般度诸子左右；一心为诸帕尔塔谋安，也照看他们的箭囊与弓。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya

• ब्रुवन्: speaking/saying
• ब्रुवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present active participle, nominative singular masculine

• पाण्डवेयान्: the sons/descendants of the Pāṇḍu-line (Pāṇḍavas)
• पाण्डवेयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, accusative plural

• पर्युपास्ते: waits upon/attends/serves
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-उप-आस्
• Form: Present tense, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada

• समम्: equally, impartially
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative)

• नित्यदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यदा
• Form: Avyaya

• परीप्समानः: desiring to obtain/seek
• परीप्समानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-आप्
• Form: Desiderative present middle participle, nominative singular masculine

• पार्थानाम्: of the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, genitive plural

• कलापानि: quivers/sets (of arrows)
• कलापानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलाप
• Form: Neuter, accusative plural

• धनूंषि: bows
• धनूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, accusative plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pārthas
• quivers (kalāpa)
• bows (dhanus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True support is shown through steady, composed service and practical care—protecting others’ readiness and safety (here, by maintaining weapons), not merely through speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking, the person described continues to attend upon the Pāṇḍavas regularly, remaining even-minded, and takes care of their martial equipment—quivers and bows—out of concern for their welfare.