Shloka 33

Brāhmaṇa-mahattva and Atithi-Dharma

Brahmagītā: Praise of Brāhmaṇas and norms of honor

Devanagari script

हेमप्रासादसम्बाधं मणिकाञ्चनतोरणम्‌ । स वैदूर्यमणिस्तम्भं विमानं समधिषछित:

Transliteration

hemaprāsādasambādhaṁ maṇikāñcanatoraṇam | sa vaidūryamaṇistambhaṁ vimānaṁ samadhiṣṭhitaḥ ||

Translation

وفي تلك الأثناء ظهرَت مركبةٌ سماويةٌ—مزدحمةٌ بقصورٍ من ذهب، مزدانةٌ بأهدابٍ وبواباتٍ من ذهبٍ وجواهر، ومُحَلّاةٌ بأعمدةٍ مرصَّعةٍ بحجرِ الفيدوريا (vaidūrya، عين القط). فثبتت هناك في أبهى حللها، كأنها مُقامةٌ في كبد السماء، تُظهر ثمارَ الفضل ووقارَ العوالم العليا.

Word by Word

• हेमप्रासादसम्बाधम्: crowded/filled with golden palaces
• हेमप्रासादसम्बाधम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम-प्रासाद-सम्बाध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मणिकाञ्चनतोरणम्: having arches/toranas of gems and gold
• मणिकाञ्चनतोरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि-काञ्चन-तोरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: that/he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैदूर्यमणिस्तम्भम्: with pillars of vaidūrya-gems (cat's-eye)
• वैदूर्यमणिस्तम्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदूर्य-मणि-स्तम्भ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विमानम्: celestial chariot/air-car
• विमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समधिष्ठितः: was occupied/was mounted (was seated upon/established)
• समधिष्ठितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अधि + स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive (participial)

Speaker

श्येन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्येन (Śyena)
• विमान (divine vimāna)
• हेमप्रासाद (golden palaces)
• मणिकाञ्चनतोरण (gold-and-gem archways/festoons)
• वैदूर्यमणिस्तम्भ (vaidūrya-gem pillars)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses vivid heavenly imagery to suggest that righteous conduct and accumulated merit (puṇya) culminate in elevated states and honours beyond the human realm; splendour here functions as a narrative sign of dharmic fruition rather than mere luxury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śyena describes the sudden appearance of a magnificent divine vimāna—ornamented with gold, gems, and vaidūrya pillars—indicating the arrival of a celestial conveyance associated with higher worlds and the reception of one who has attained such a destiny.