Shloka 286
वारुणी सभा — Varuṇa’s Divine Assembly
Nārada’s Description
पुत्रपौत्रै: परिवृतों गोनाम्ना पुष्करेण च | वरुणका मन्त्री सुनाभ अपने पुत्र-पौत्रोंसे घिरा हुआ गौ तथा पुष्कर नामवाले तीर्थके साथ वरुणदेवकी उपासना करता है
putrapautraiḥ parivṛto gonāmnā puṣkareṇa ca | varuṇakā mantrī sunābhaḥ svaputrapautraiḥ parivṛto gau-tīrthena puṣkara-nāmnā ca saha varuṇaṃ upāsate |
Nārada said: “Surrounded by his sons and grandsons, Sunābha—the minister of Varuṇa—continues his worship of Varuṇa, associated with the sacred ford named Gau and with the pilgrimage-place called Puṣkara.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores dharmic stability: devotion to a deity (Varuṇa) is sustained through disciplined practice, supported by family continuity (sons and grandsons) and anchored in tīrthas, suggesting that ethical life is reinforced by both lineage-responsibility and sacred institutions.
Nārada is describing a figure named Sunābha, identified as Varuṇa’s minister, who is portrayed as living in a devotional mode—surrounded by descendants and engaged in worship connected with the tīrthas called Gau and Puṣkara.