Shloka 28

Lokapāla-samāgamaḥ—Arjuna Receives Astras from the World-Guardians

Book 3, Chapter 42

Devanagari script

अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णे ब्रह्मघोषानुनादिते

Transliteration

apsarogaṇasaṅkīrṇe brahmaghoṣānunādite

Translation

সেই স্থান অপ্সৰাৰ দলে দলে ভৰি আছিল, আৰু তাত ব্ৰাহ্মণীয় পবিত্ৰ ঘোষ ধ্বনি প্ৰতিধ্বনিত হৈছিল।

Word by Word

• अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णे: in (a place) crowded with groups of Apsarases
• अप्सरोगणसंकीर्णे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्सरोगणसंकीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्मघोषानुनादिते: in (a place) resounding with Vedic chants
• ब्रह्मघोषानुनादिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मघोषानुनादित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Apsarases
• Brahmanical/Vedic chants (brahmaghoṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-aesthetic ideal that sacred spaces are marked by purity and auspicious sound: the presence of celestial beings and the reverberation of Vedic chant signify a realm ordered by dharma and ritual propriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a setting—likely a divine or highly sanctified locale—as being filled with Apsarases and echoing with Brahmanical/Vedic recitations, establishing an atmosphere of holiness and grandeur before the next narrative action.