Shloka 98

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

Devanagari script

श्रूयते बहुधा भीम सर्वभूतमनोहर: । महागज्जामुदीक्षस्व पुण्यां देवनदीं शुभाम्‌

Transliteration

śrūyate bahudhā bhīma sarvabhūtamanoharaḥ | mahāgajjāmudīkṣasva puṇyāṃ devanadīṃ śubhām ||

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“噢，毗摩，人们以种种方式传闻并广为称颂：此河能悦一切众生之心。你且看这条天神之河——圣洁吉祥，光辉灿然，福泽充盈。”

Word by Word

• श्रूयते: is heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Karmani (passive), 3, Singular

• बहुधा: in many ways / often
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• भीम: O Bhima
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वभूतमनोहरः: delighting/pleasing to all beings
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वभूतमनोहर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महागज्जाम्: the great elephant (river-name/epithet)
• महागज्जाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागज्जा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उदीक्षस्व: behold / look at
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष् (धातु) + उद् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Lot, Atmanepada, 2, Singular

• पुण्याम्: holy, meritorious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• देवनदीम्: the divine river
• देवनदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवनदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शुभाम्: auspicious, beautiful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma
• deva-nadī (divine river)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence for sacred places: a holy river is praised as universally pleasing and spiritually meritorious, encouraging attentive, respectful contemplation of what tradition celebrates as auspicious.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Bhīma and draws his attention to a renowned divine river, describing it as holy and auspicious and urging him to look upon it.