Shloka 34

Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa

Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island

Devanagari script

जायन्ते मानवास्तत्र निष्टप्तकनकप्रभा: । गन्धमादनशज्ञेषु कुबेर: सह राक्षसै:

Transliteration

jāyante mānavās tatra niṣṭaptakanakaprabhaḥ | gandhamādanaśṛṅgeṣu kuberaḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: There, human beings are born with the radiance of heated, refined gold. Upon the peaks of Gandhamādana dwells Kubera, accompanied by his rākṣasa attendants—an image of a realm where splendor and formidable guardianship coexist, as though prosperity were guarded by power and discipline.

Word by Word

• जायन्ते: are born / arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• मानवाः: men / humans
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• निष्टप्तकनकप्रभाः: having the radiance of heated gold
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• गन्धमादनसंज्ञेषु: in those called ‘Gandhamādana’
• गन्धमादनसंज्ञेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• कुबेरः: Kubera
• कुबेरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• राक्षसैः: with rākṣasas / demons
• राक्षसैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Gandhamādana
• Kubera
• Rākṣasas
• Mānavas (human beings)