Shloka 843

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

स्तुवन्तो देवदूताश्न स्थिता दानेन विस्मिता: । “देखो

Transliteration

stuvanto devadūtāś ca sthitā dānena vismitāḥ |

Translation

তোমার দানে বিস্মিত হয়ে দেবদূতেরা স্তব করতে করতে দাঁড়িয়ে আছে। দেখো—আকাশ থেকে পৃথিবীতে ফুলের বর্ষা হচ্ছে। দেবর্ষি, দেবতাগণ, গন্ধর্ব এবং দেবলোকের অন্যান্য অগ্রগণ্য পুরুষেরা দেবদূতদের সঙ্গে উপস্থিত থেকে তোমার দানশীলতায় বিস্মিত হয়ে প্রশংসাগীতি গাইছে।

Word by Word

• स्तुवन्तः: praising
• स्तुवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• देवदूताः: divine messengers
• देवदूताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• स्थिताḥ: standing / stationed
• स्थिताḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूत कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दानेन: by (your) gift / charity
• दानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विस्मिताः: astonished
• विस्मिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

श्षशुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• devadūta
• devarṣi
• devatā
• gandharva
• puṣpavarṣā (rain of flowers)
• ākāśa (sky)
• bhūtala (earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Generosity (dāna) performed in a dharmic spirit is portrayed as a high virtue that draws communal and even cosmic affirmation; the ‘rain of flowers’ and the praise of celestial beings symbolize moral approval and the uplifting power of selfless giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker points out a miraculous sign—flowers raining from the sky—while describing how divine messengers, gods, divine sages, and Gandharvas stand nearby, astonished and praising the recipient/performer of a remarkable act of giving.