Shloka 35
यमसभावर्णनम् (Yamasabhā-varṇanam) — Nārada’s Description of Dharmarāja’s Assembly
ज्वलन्ती भासमाना च तेजसा स्वेन भारत । तामुग्रतपसो यान्ति सुव्रता: सत्यवादिन:,भारत! वह सभा अपने तेजसे प्रज्वलित तथा उद्धासित होती रहती है। कठोर तपस्या और उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाले, सत्यवादी, शान्त, संन्यासी तथा अपने पुण्यकर्मसे शुद्ध एवं पवित्र हुए पुरुष उस सभामें जाते हैं। उन सबके शरीर तेजसे प्रकाशित होते रहते हैं। सभी निर्मल वस्त्र धारण करते हैं
jvalantī bhāsamānā ca tejasā svena bhārata | tām ugratapaso yānti suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ ||
O Bhārata, that assembly hall blazes and shines with its own radiance. To it go those of fierce austerity—men of excellent vows and truthfulness—whose very presence is marked by inner purity and disciplined conduct, as if their bodies themselves were illumined by the power of their merit.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links access to an exalted, radiant space with ethical and ascetic qualifications: truthfulness (satya), disciplined vows (vrata), and austerity (tapas). Inner moral purity is portrayed as a real power (tejas) that both illuminates the person and makes them fit to enter such a sanctified assembly.
Nārada is describing a wondrous sabhā (assembly hall) that shines by its own radiance. He states that it is approached/attained by highly disciplined, truth-speaking ascetics—implying that the hall is not merely architectural splendor but a morally charged space associated with spiritual merit.