Shloka 32

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

सुविभक्तजलाक्रीडं रम्यं पुष्पितपादपम्‌ । शुकं प्रावेशयन्मन्त्री प्रमदावनमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

suvibhaktajalākrīḍaṃ ramyaṃ puṣpitapādapam | śukaṃ prāveśayanmantrī pramadāvanamuttamam ||

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—মন্ত্রী শুককে উৎকৃষ্ট ‘প্রমদাবন’-এ প্রবেশ করালেন; সেখানে জলক্রীড়ার জন্য সুসজ্জিতভাবে পৃথক পৃথক জলাশয় ছিল, উদ্যানটি ছিল রমণীয় এবং পুষ্পিত বৃক্ষে অলংকৃত।

Word by Word

• सुविभक्त: well-arranged/divided
• सुविभक्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-विभक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जल: water
• जल: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आक्रीडम्: playground/pleasure-grove (sporting place)
• आक्रीडम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आक्रीड
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रम्यम्: charming, delightful
• रम्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुष्पित: flowering
• पुष्पित: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पादपैः: by trees
• पादपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शुकम्: Śuka (the sage), or 'parrot' as a common noun
• शुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रावेशयन्: causing to enter, leading in
• प्रावेशयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (णिच्)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active participle (शतृ)

• मन्त्री: the minister/counsellor
• मन्त्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमदावनम्: the grove called Pramadāvana (pleasure-grove)
• प्रमदावनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमदावन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śuka (Śukadeva)
• mantrī (the minister)
• Pramadāvana (garden/grove)
• jalākrīḍā (water-sport areas/ponds)
• puṣpitapādapāḥ (flowering trees)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily offers narrative description rather than a direct moral injunction; implicitly, it highlights how prosperity and pleasure in a royal setting are framed through order, refinement, and careful arrangement—suggesting that even enjoyment is ideally governed by discipline and proper management.

What is happening in the narrative?

A minister escorts Śuka into an excellent pleasure-grove named Pramadāvana, characterized by flowering trees and multiple well-arranged ponds designated for water recreation.