Shloka 96

Śakrasya Divyā Sabhā

Indra’s Radiant Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

तेजस्विन: सोमसुतो विशोका विगतज्वरा: । वे देवर्षिगण तेजस्वी, सोमयाग करनेवाले तथा शोक और चिन्तासे शून्य हैं

Transliteration

tejasvinaḥ somasutā viśokā vigatajvarāḥ | te devarṣigaṇā tejasvinaḥ somayāga-karaṇe-vālāḥ tathā śoka-cintā-se śūnyāḥ |

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Jene strahlenden göttlichen Weisen, aus Soma geboren, sind frei von Kummer und unberührt vom fiebrigen Drang der Bedrängnis. Aus sich selbst heraus leuchten sie—Vollzieher der Soma-Opfer—und bleiben ohne Last von Trauer und Sorge.“

Word by Word

• तेजस्विनः: radiant, powerful
• तेजस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सोमसुतः: son of Soma
• सोमसुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमसुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशोकाः: free from sorrow
• विशोकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विगतज्वराः: free from fever/affliction
• विगतज्वराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगतज्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वे: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वे

• देवर्षिगणाः: hosts of divine seers
• देवर्षिगणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षिगण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेजस्विनः: radiant
• तेजस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Soma
• Devarṣigaṇa (divine sages)
• Somayāga (Soma sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual radiance is linked with inner freedom from grief and anxious agitation; the ideal sage is portrayed as both ritually grounded (Soma-sacrifice) and mentally untroubled (viśoka, vigatajvara).

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is describing a class of divine sages associated with Soma, emphasizing their luminous nature and their freedom from sorrow and distress, while noting their engagement in Soma-sacrificial rites.