Shloka 12

मयेन सभानिर्माणम्

Maya’s Construction of the Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

आद्वता: क्रतवो मुख्या: शतं भरतसत्तम । यत्र यूपा मणिमय श्रैत्याश्वापि हिरण्मया:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! वहीं सम्पूर्ण भूतोंके स्वामी महात्मा प्रजापतिने मुख्य-मुख्य सौ यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान किया था, जिनमें सोनेकी वेदियाँ और मणियोंके खंभे बने थे

Transliteration

ādvātāḥ kratavo mukhyāḥ śataṁ bharatasattama | yatra yūpā maṇimayāḥ śraityāś cāpi hiraṇmayāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Bester der Bharatas! Dort wurden ordnungsgemäß hundert erlesenste Opferhandlungen vollzogen; dabei waren die Opferpfähle (yūpa) aus Edelsteinen gefertigt, und Altäre wie auch rituelle Gerätschaften glänzten von Gold.“

Word by Word

• आद्वताः: excellent, foremost
• आद्वताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रतवः: sacrifices, rites
• क्रतवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुख्याः: principal, chief
• मुख्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतसत्तम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• यूपाः: sacrificial posts
• यूपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मणिमयाः: made of gems
• मणिमयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मणिमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• श्रैत्याः: pertaining to the śrauta-ritual / Vedic
• श्रैत्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• हिरण्मयाः: golden, made of gold
• हिरण्मयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatasattama (address to Janamejaya)
• kratavaḥ (Vedic sacrifices)
• yūpa (sacrificial post)
• maṇi (gems)
• hiraṇya (gold)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of dharmic order expressed through properly conducted Vedic sacrifice: ritual correctness and abundance are portrayed as signs of a well-founded sacred polity, where prosperity is subordinated to sanctioned, śrauta discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating to Janamejaya, describes a place or occasion marked by grand śrauta performances—one hundred principal sacrifices—distinguished by extraordinary opulence such as jewel-made sacrificial posts and golden ritual structures.