Shloka 32
मयेन सभानिर्माणम्
Maya’s Construction of the Assembly Hall
मन्दानिलसमुद्धूतां मुक्ताबिन्दुभिराचिताम् । महामणिशिलापट्टबद्धपर्यन्तवेदिकाम्,मन्द वायुसे उद्वेलित हो जब जलकी बूँदें उछलकर कमलके पत्तोंपर बिखर जाती थीं, उस समय वह सारी पुष्करिणी मौक्तिकबिन्दुओंसे व्याप्त जान पड़ती थी। उसके चारों ओरके घाटोंपर बड़ी-बड़ी मणियोंकी चौकोर शिलाखण्डोंसे पक्की वेदियाँ बनायी गयी थीं
mandānilasamuddhūtāṃ muktābindubhir ācitām | mahāmaṇiśilāpaṭṭabaddhaparyantavedikām ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Von einem sanften Wind bewegt, schleuderte das Wasser Tropfen empor, die sich wie Perlen verstreuten, sodass der ganze Lotosteich wie mit Perlentropfen bestreut erschien. Ringsum waren feste Plattformen und Uferbefestigungen angelegt, gepflastert mit großen Platten von edelsteinartigem Gestein.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily offers aesthetic narration rather than direct moral instruction; indirectly it highlights the ideal of ordered prosperity—nature and human craftsmanship harmonized—often used in the epic to signal royal power, refinement, and the cultivated environment of a great court.
The narrator describes a lotus-pond whose surface, stirred by a mild breeze, throws up droplets that look like scattered pearls, while the pond’s perimeter is lined with firmly built platforms made from large, gem-like stone slabs—setting the scene of opulence and careful construction.