Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 100 Shloka 10 - Mahabharata | Bengali | Vedapath

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Shloka 10

रसातल-वर्णनम्

Rasātala Description: Surabhi, Phenapāḥ, and the Directional Cows

Devanagari script

पड़कजिद्‌ वज्रविष्कम्भो वैनतेयो5थ वामन: । वातवेगो दिशाचक्षुर्निमेषो5$निमिषस्तथा

Transliteration

padmakajid vajraviṣkambho vainateyo 'tha vāmanaḥ | vātavego diśācakṣur nimeṣo 'nimīṣas tathā || suvarṇacūḍo nāgāśī dāruṇaś caṇḍatuṇḍakaḥ | anilo 'nalo viśālākṣaḥ kuṇḍalī paṅkajit tathā || trirāvaḥ saptarāvo vālmīkir dvīpako daityadvīpaḥ | sariddvīpaḥ sāraso padmaketanaḥ sumukhaḥ || citraketuś citrabhānuḥ anagho meṣahā kumudaḥ | dakṣaḥ sarpāntaḥ sahabhojano gurubhāraḥ kapotaḥ || sūryanetraś cirāntako viṣṇudharmā kumāraḥ paribarhaḥ hariḥ | susvaro madhuparko hemavarṇo mālayaḥ mātariśvā || niśākaraḥ tathā divākaraḥ |

Translation

পঙ্কজিত্, বজ্রবিষ্কম্ভ, বৈনতেয় ও বামন; বাতবেগ, দিশাচক্ষু, নিমেষ এবং অনিমেষ—এরাও গরুড়বংশের প্রধানদের মধ্যে।

Word by Word

padmakajitPadmaka-slayer (name)

vajraviṣkambhaḥVajra-support/prop (name)

vainateyaḥson of Vinatā; Garuḍa (name)

athaand then/also

vāmanaḥVāmana (name; dwarf)

vātavegaḥwind-speed (name)

diśācakṣuḥdirection-eyed (name)

nimeṣaḥblink (name)

animīṣaḥunblinking (name)

tathālikewise/so

suvarṇacūḍaḥgolden-crested (name)

nāgāśīsnake-eater (name)

dāruṇaḥterrible (name/epithet)

caṇḍatuṇḍakaḥfierce-beaked (name)

anilaḥwind (name)

analaḥfire (name)

viśālākṣaḥwide-eyed (name)

kuṇḍalīearringed/coiled (name)

trirāvaḥthree-cried/three-roared (name)

saptarāvaḥseven-cried/roared (name)

vālmīkiḥVālmīki (name)

dvīpakaḥDvīpaka (name)

daityadvīpaḥdemon-island (name)

sariddvīpaḥriver-island (name)

sārasāḥSārasas (name/group)

padmaketanaḥlotus-bannered (name)

sumukhaḥhandsome-faced (name)

citraketuḥvariegated-bannered (name)

citrabāhuḥwonderful-armed (name)

anaghaḥsinless/blameless (name/epithet)

meṣahatram-slayer (name)

kumudaḥKumuda (name; water-lily)

dakṣaḥDakṣa (name; skilled)

sarpāntaḥend of serpents/serpent-ender (name)

sahabhojanaḥeating-together/companion-diner (name)

gurubhāraḥheavy-burdened (name)

kapotaḥpigeon (name)

sūryanetraḥsun-eyed (name)

cirāntakaḥlong-time ender/destroyer (name)

viṣṇudharmāViṣṇu's-law/Viṣṇu-dharma (name)

kumāraḥyouth/prince (name)

paribarhaḥParibarha (name)

hariḥHari (name)

susvaraḥsweet-voiced (name)

madhuparkaḥhoney-mixture offering (name)

hemavarṇaḥgold-colored (name)

mālayaḥMālaya (name)

mātariśvāMātariśvan (wind; name)

niśākaraḥnight-maker; moon (name)

tathāand also

divākaraḥday-maker; sun (name)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Padmakajit

Vajraviṣkambha

Vainateya

Vāmana

Vātavega

Diśācakṣu

Nimeṣa

Animīṣa

Suvarṇacūḍa

Nāgāśī

Dāruṇa

Caṇḍatuṇḍaka

Anila

Anala

Viśālākṣa

Kuṇḍalī

Paṅkajit

Trirāva

Saptarāva

Vālmīki

Dvīpaka

Daityadvīpa

Sariddvīpa

Sārasa

Padmaketana

Sumukha

Citraketu

Citrabhānu

Anagha

Meṣahā

Kumuda

Dakṣa

Sarpānta

Sahabhojana

Gurubhāra

Kapota

Sūryanetra

Cirāntaka

Viṣṇudharmā

Kumāra

Paribarha

Hari

Susvara

Madhuparka

Hemavarṇa

Mālaya

Mātariśvan

Niśākara

Divākara

Garuḍa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage emphasizes the epic motif that greatness is recognized through lineage and qualities: Nārada highlights the renown (yaśas) and strength (bala) of Garuḍa’s progeny, underscoring how cosmic lineages are portrayed as repositories of power and fame within dharmic narrative tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is reciting a catalogue of prominent descendants of Garuḍa (the Vainateya line). The verse functions as a summarized roll-call of names, concluding that these beings are all famed and extraordinarily powerful.