आरात् तिष्ठत मा मह्यं समीपम् उपसर्पत ॥
कस्मान् मां नाभिजानीत प्राप्तं भागीरथीजलम् ॥
अङ्गारपर्णं गन्धर्वं वित्त मां स्वबलाश्रयम् ॥
अहं हि मानी चेर्ष्युश् च कुबेरस्य प्रियः सखा ॥
अङ्गारपर्णम् इति च ख्यतं वनम् इदं मम ॥
अनु गङ्गां च वाकां च चित्रं यत्र वसाम्य् अहम् ॥
न कुणपाः शृङ्गिणो वा न देवा न च मानुषाः ॥
इदं समुपसर्पन्ति तत् किं समुपसर्पथ ॥
ārāt tiṣṭhata mā mahyaṃ samīpam upasarpata ||
kasmān māṃ nābhijānīta prāptaṃ bhāgīrathījalam ||
aṅgāraparṇaṃ gandharvaṃ vitta māṃ svabalāśrayam ||
ahaṃ hi mānī cerṣyuś ca kuberasya priyaḥ sakhā ||
aṅgāraparṇam iti ca khyataṃ vanam idaṃ mama ||
anu gaṅgāṃ ca vākāṃ ca citraṃ yatra vasāmy aham ||
na kuṇapāḥ śṛṅgiṇo vā na devā na ca mānuṣāḥ ||
idaṃ samupasarpanti tat kiṃ samupasarpatha ||
"Stand at a distance, do not come near me! Why do you not recognize me, you who have reached the water of Bhagirathi? Know me as the gandharva Angaraparna, one who relies on his own strength; for I am proud and jealous, and the beloved friend of Kubera. And this wondrous forest, called Angaraparna, along the Ganga and the Vaka, is mine, where I dwell; neither the unclean, nor beasts, nor gods, nor humans approach it -- so why do you approach?"
9f596c62e22e · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:19:51 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the gandharva displays the full measure of his vanity. It is telling how he exalts himself -- by name, by strength, by friendship with Kubera, by the sanctity of his forest: pride loves to enumerate the props of its own arrogance. Here it becomes clear that one who boasts of strength and connections displays not power but vanity. Thus the text portrays an arrogant man intoxicated with himself; and the louder his boasting, the nearer his fall.