Shloka 9

नारदेन गरुडात्मजानां नामकीर्तनम् | Nārada’s Enumeration of Garuḍa’s Descendants

Devanagari script

पश्य वेश्मानि रौक्माणि मातले राजतानि च | कर्मणा विधियुक्तेन युक्तान्युपगतानि च,मातले! देखो, इनके ये सोने और चाँदीके भवन कितनी शोभा पा रहे हैं। इनका निर्माण शिल्पशास्त्रीय विधानके अनुसार हुआ है तथा ये सभी महल एक-दूसरेसे सटे हुए हैं

Transliteration

paśya veśmāni raukmāṇi mātale rājatāni ca | karmaṇā vidhiyuktena yuktāny upagatāni ca, mātale |

Translation

Nārada said: “Look, O Mātali—these mansions of gold, and these of silver as well. Built through workmanship aligned with proper rule and method, they stand beautifully arranged, set close together in ordered harmony.”

Word by Word

• पश्य: see, behold
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• वेश्मानि: houses, mansions
• वेश्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• रौक्माणि: golden, made of gold
• रौक्माणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौक्म (रुक्म-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• मातले: O Mātali
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलि (सम्बोधन)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• राजतानि: silver (made of silver)
• राजतानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजत
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कर्मणा: by workmanship; by work
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• विधियुक्तेन: endowed with proper rule/ordinance; according to prescribed method
• विधियुक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधियुक्त
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• युक्तानि: joined, connected
• युक्तानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (युज्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• उपगतानि: approached; closely adjacent; contiguous
• उपगतानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपगत (उप-गम् धातोः क्त)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mātali
• golden mansions
• silver mansions