Shloka 40

Vaiśravaṇa-sabhā-varṇanam

Description of Kubera’s Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

सा सभा तादृशी रम्या मया दृष्टान्तरिक्षगा । पितामहसभां राजन्‌ कीर्तयिष्ये निबोध ताम्‌

Transliteration

sā sabhā tādṛśī ramyā mayā dṛṣṭāntarikṣagā | pitāmahasabhāṃ rājan kīrtayiṣye nibodha tām ||

Translation

O König, ich selbst habe jene liebliche Versammlungshalle gesehen, die durch den Himmel dahinfährt. Nun will ich dir die Versammlung des Großvaters (Brahmā) schildern; höre aufmerksam zu.

Word by Word

• सा: that (she/that)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सभा: assembly hall
• सभा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तादृशी: such, of that kind
• तादृशी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रम्या: lovely, delightful
• रम्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्तरिक्षगा: moving in the sky
• अन्तरिक्षगा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष-ग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पितामहसभाम्: the assembly of the Grandsire (Brahmā)
• पितामहसभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह-सभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कीर्तयिष्ये: I shall describe / recount
• कीर्तयिष्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय्
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निबोध: understand; listen (attentively)
• निबोध: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• King (rājan)
• Kuberā (implied by context of Kubera’s sabhā)
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Sabhā (celestial assembly-hall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes reliable narration grounded in direct experience ("I have seen it") and the disciplined act of listening and understanding (nibodha) when sacred or royal knowledge is being transmitted.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada tells the king that he has personally seen a wondrous sky-moving assembly-hall and announces that he will now describe the assembly of Brahmā (Pitāmaha), transitioning the account from one divine court to another.