Shloka 2

यमसभावर्णनम् (Yamasabhā-varṇanam) — Nārada’s Description of Dharmarāja’s Assembly

Devanagari script

तैजसी सा सभा राजन्‌ बभूव शतयोजना । विस्तारायामसम्पन्ना भूयसी चापि पाण्डव,राजन्‌! वह तेजोमयी विशाल सभा लम्बाई और चौड़ाईमें भी सौ योजन है तथा पाण्डुनन्दन! सम्भव है, इससे भी कुछ बड़ी हो

Transliteration

taijasī sā sabhā rājan babhūva śatayojanā | vistārāyāmasampannā bhūyasī cāpi pāṇḍava ||

Translation

Nārada said: “O King, that assembly hall was radiant and resplendent, extending a hundred yojanas. It was perfectly proportioned in both breadth and length—and, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, it may have been even larger still.”

Word by Word

तैजसीradiant, luminous

साthat (she/it)

सभाassembly hall

राजन्O king

बभूवbecame, came to be

शतयोजनाof a hundred yojanas (in extent)

विस्तारin breadth/extent

आयामin length

असम्पन्नाnot deficient; fully endowed

भूयसीgreater, larger

चand

अपिalso, even

पाण्डवO Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

राजन्O king

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

King (rājan)

Pāṇḍava (descendant of Pāṇḍu)

sabhā (assembly hall)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes