Shloka 12

कैलास-श्वेतगिरि-प्रवेशवर्णनम्

Approach to Śveta Mountain and Kailāsa; Lomāśa’s Warnings and Protective Instructions

Devanagari script

असंख्येयास्तु कौन्तेय यक्षराक्षसकिन्नरा: । नागा: सुपर्णा गन्धर्वा: कुबेरसदनं प्रति,कुन्तीनन्दन! कुबेरके भवनमें अनेक यक्ष, राक्षस, किन्नर, नाग, सुपर्ण तथा गन्धर्व निवास करते हैं

Transliteration

asaṅkhyeyās tu kaunteya yakṣarākṣasakinnarāḥ | nāgāḥ suparṇā gandharvāḥ kuberasadanaṃ prati ||

Translation

Lomaśa said: “O son of Kuntī, innumerable Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Kinnaras, Nāgas, Suparṇas, and Gandharvas dwell in and around the abode of Kubera.”

Word by Word

• असंख्येयाः: countless
• असंख्येयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंख्येय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यक्ष: Yakshas
• यक्ष: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राक्षस: Rakshasas
• राक्षस: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किन्नराः: Kinnaras
• किन्नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नागाः: Nagas/serpents
• नागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुपर्णाः: Suparnas (bird-beings)
• सुपर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुपर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुबेर: of Kubera
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सदनम्: abode/house
• सदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• Kubera
• Kubera’s abode (Kuberasadana)
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Kinnaras
• Nāgas
• Suparṇas
• Gandharvas