Shloka 25
वारुणी सभा — Varuṇa’s Divine Assembly
Nārada’s Description
पल्वलानि तडागानि देहवन्त्यथ भारत । दिशस्तथा मही चैव तथा सर्वे महीधरा:
palvalāni taḍāgāni dehavānty atha bhārata | diśas tathā mahī caiva tathā sarve mahīdharāḥ ||
Nārada said: “O Bhārata, the marshy pools and the lakes, embodied beings, the quarters of space, the earth itself, and likewise all the mountains—these all stand as parts of the ordered world.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames nature—waters, living beings, directions, earth, and mountains—as components of an ordered cosmos, implying that human conduct (especially royal conduct) should align with and preserve this larger order (dharma).
Nārada is listing elements of the world in a descriptive sequence while addressing Yudhiṣṭhira (“Bhārata”), setting a broader context for counsel by situating human affairs within the structure of the created order.