Shloka 35

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

धौम्य: कृष्णा च पार्थाश्च॒ लोमशश्न महानृषि: । अगच्छन्‌ सहितास्तत्र न कश्निदवहीयते

Transliteration

Dhaumyaḥ Kṛṣṇā ca Pārthāś ca Lomasaś ca mahān ṛṣiḥ | agacchan sahitās tatra na kaścid avahīyate ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：道弥耶、黑天女（德劳帕蒂）、诸般帕尔塔，以及大圣罗摩沙一同前往那处；无人被落在后面。

Word by Word

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya (the sage)
• धौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णा: Krishnaa (Draupadi)
• कृष्णा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पार्थाः: the sons of Pritha (the Pandavas)
• पार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोमशः: Lomasha (the sage)
• लोमशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महानृषिः: the great sage
• महानृषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानृषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अगच्छन्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• सहिताः: together, accompanied
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कश्चित्: anyone, someone (no one)
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवहीयते: was left behind / lagged behind
• Type: Verb
• Root: ही
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada, अव

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhaumya
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Lomasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ethic of solidarity: in arduous undertakings one should move as a united group and ensure that no companion is neglected or abandoned.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Dhaumya, Draupadī, the Pāṇḍavas, and the sage Lomasa travel onward together to the next destination, with the explicit note that none of them is left behind.