Shloka 87
योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः
Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction
इष्टगन्ध: सुखस्पर्श: सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावह: । उस समय देवमार्गोंपर मनोरम गन्ध और सुखद स्पर्शसे युक्त तथा सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंको आनन्द प्रदान करनेवाले वायुदेव, जो अग्निदेवताके मित्र हैं, मन्दगतिसे बहने लगे |। ८६६ || शुचौ वाभ्यर्थिते देशे त्रिदशा: प्रायश: स्थिता:,उस परम पवित्र एवं मनोवाडञ्छित प्रदेशमें राजलक्ष्मीसहित इन्द्रदेवका दर्शन करनेके लिये प्रायः सभी देवता उपस्थित हो गये
iṣṭagandhaḥ sukhasparśaḥ sarvendriyasukhāvahaḥ | śucau vābhyarthite deśe tridaśāḥ prāyaśaḥ sthitāḥ ||
Śakra (Indra) said: “A breeze, bearing a delightful fragrance and a pleasant touch—bringing joy to all the senses—began to flow gently. Then, in that supremely pure and much-desired region, nearly all the gods assembled, wishing to behold Indra together with royal Fortune (Śrī).”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how purity and auspicious conditions (pleasant fragrance, soothing breeze, a sanctified place) accompany rightful sovereignty and divine presence—suggesting that inner and outer harmony are signs of dharmic order and legitimate prosperity (Śrī) around a ruler.
Indra describes an auspicious atmosphere: a gentle, fragrant, pleasant breeze arises, and in that pure, desired region the gods gather in large numbers to behold Indra together with royal Fortune (Śrī/Rājalakṣmī).