Shloka 27

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

Devanagari script

नित्यपुष्पफलास्तत्र नगा: पत्ररथाकुला: | दिव्यगन्धरसै: पुष्पै: फलैश्न भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

nityapuṣpaphalās tatra nagāḥ patrarathākulāḥ | divyagandharasaiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalaiś ca bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Vyāsa dit : «Là-bas, les arbres sont à jamais chargés de fleurs et de fruits, et ils regorgent de volées d’oiseaux. Leurs fleurs et leurs fruits portent un parfum divin et une douceur de goût, ô taureau parmi les Bhārata.»

Word by Word

• नित्य: ever/constant
• नित्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुष्पफलाः: having flowers and fruits
• पुष्पफलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पफल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• नगाः: trees
• नगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पत्ररथाकुलाः: filled with leaf-made chariots (i.e., birds/insects moving among leaves)
• पत्ररथाकुलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्ररथाकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दिव्यगन्धरसैः: with divine fragrance and taste/juice
• दिव्यगन्धरसैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्यगन्धरस
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• फलैः: with fruits
• फलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• भरतर्षभ: O bull of the Bharatas (best of Bharata lineage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed person)
• trees
• birds
• flowers
• fruits

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses idealized natural imagery—ever-flowering, ever-fruiting trees with divine scent and taste—to signal a realm of purity and auspicious merit, implying that righteous conduct and sacred association are linked with harmony, abundance, and refined enjoyment rather than scarcity or violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is describing a wondrous place to his listener (addressed as ‘Bharatarṣabha’), emphasizing its extraordinary vegetation and the presence of many birds, as part of a broader depiction of a sacred or celestial environment.