Shloka 12

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

आजगाम सभामन्यां देवावसथवर्चसम्‌ | स तत्र विषयैर्युक्त: कल्याणैरतिमानुषै:

Transliteration

ājagāma sabhām anyāṃ devāvasathavarcasaṃ | sa tatra viṣayair yuktaḥ kalyāṇair atimānuṣaiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: He then came to another assembly-hall, radiant like the dwelling of the gods. There he found it furnished with splendid appointments—auspicious, refined, and surpassing ordinary human workmanship—signaling royal order, prosperity, and the cultivated power that frames the coming decisions of state.

Word by Word

• आ: towards, up to (prefix)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• जगाम: went, came
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छति)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (completed past), 3, singular

• सभाम्: assembly hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• अन्याम्: another
• अन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• देवावसथवर्चसम्: having the splendor of a divine dwelling
• देवावसथवर्चसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव-आवसथ-वर्चस्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• विषयैः: with objects (of enjoyment), with pleasures
• विषयैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• युक्तः: endowed, furnished, joined with
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (योजने) → युक्त (क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कल्याणैः: with auspicious/excellent (ones)
• कल्याणैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्याण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• अतिमानुषैः: with superhuman (ones)
• अतिमानुषैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिमानुष
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• sabhā (assembly-hall)
• devāvasatha (abode of the gods)