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Shloka 28

Pitāmaha-sabhā-varṇana & Hariścandra-māhātmya

Description of Brahmā’s Assembly and the Eminence of Hariścandra

आयान्ति तस्यां सहिता गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणा: । विंशति: सप्त चैवान्ये लोकपालाश्न सर्वश:

āyānti tasyāṃ sahitā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | viṃśatiḥ sapta caivānye lokapālāś ca sarvaśaḥ |

Dijo Nārada: En aquel espléndido salón entran, juntos, los séquitos de gandharvas y apsaras—veinte grupos en total—y con ellos otros siete gandharvas eminentes. Desde todas las direcciones llegan también los Lokapālas, y la asamblea se vuelve una corte cósmica donde el orden, la jerarquía y la autoridad legítima quedan afirmados ante todos.

आयान्तिthey come
आयान्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootया (इङ्) + आ-
FormLat (Present Indicative), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada
तस्याम्in that (hall/assembly)
तस्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
सहिताtogether, united
सहिता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गन्धर्वof the Gandharvas
गन्धर्व:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अप्सरसाम्of the Apsarases
अप्सरसाम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअप्सरस्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
गणाःgroups, troops
गणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विंशतिःtwenty
विंशतिः:
Karta
TypeNumeral
Rootविंशति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Karta
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्त
Formtrue
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formtrue
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
Formtrue
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
लोकपालाःguardians of the worlds (Lokapālas)
लोकपालाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोकपाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वशःfrom all sides; altogether
सर्वशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशस्
Formtrue

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
G
Gandharvas
A
Apsarases
L
Lokapālas
T
the sabhā (assembly hall)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores dharmic legitimacy through cosmic recognition: when divine orders (Gandharvas, Apsarases, Lokapālas) gather in a royal hall, it signals that authority and hierarchy are not merely political but aligned with a wider moral and cosmic order.

Nārada is describing the grandeur of the assembly hall: hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarases arrive together, along with additional eminent Gandharvas and the Lokapālas from all directions, emphasizing the hall’s universal, almost heavenly character.