Shloka 286
वारुणी सभा — Varuṇa’s Divine Assembly
Nārada’s Description
पुत्रपौत्रै: परिवृतों गोनाम्ना पुष्करेण च | वरुणका मन्त्री सुनाभ अपने पुत्र-पौत्रोंसे घिरा हुआ गौ तथा पुष्कर नामवाले तीर्थके साथ वरुणदेवकी उपासना करता है
putrapautraiḥ parivṛto gonāmnā puṣkareṇa ca | varuṇakā mantrī sunābhaḥ svaputrapautraiḥ parivṛto gau-tīrthena puṣkara-nāmnā ca saha varuṇaṃ upāsate |
নাৰদে ক’লে—বৰুণৰ মন্ত্ৰী সুনাভ পুত্ৰ-পৌত্ৰে পৰিবৃত হৈ, ‘গৌ’ নামৰ তীৰ্থ আৰু ‘পুষ্কৰ’ নামৰ তীৰ্থৰ সৈতে সংযুক্ত হৈ, বৰুণদেৱক উপাসনা কৰি থাকে।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores dharmic stability: devotion to a deity (Varuṇa) is sustained through disciplined practice, supported by family continuity (sons and grandsons) and anchored in tīrthas, suggesting that ethical life is reinforced by both lineage-responsibility and sacred institutions.
Nārada is describing a figure named Sunābha, identified as Varuṇa’s minister, who is portrayed as living in a devotional mode—surrounded by descendants and engaged in worship connected with the tīrthas called Gau and Puṣkara.