Shloka 10

Śakrasya Divyā Sabhā

Indra’s Radiant Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

पराशर: पर्वतश्न॒ तथा सावर्णिगालवौ,पराशर, पर्वत, सावर्णि, गालव, शंख, लिखित, गौरशिरा मुनि, दुर्वासा, क्रोधन, श्येन, दीर्घतमा मुनि, पवित्रपाणि, सावर्णि (द्वितीय), याज्ञवल्क्य, भालुकि, उद्दालक, श्वेतकेतु, ताण्ड्य, भाण्डायनि, हविष्मान्‌, गरिष्ठ, राजा हरिश्वन्द्र, हृद्य, उदरशाण्डिल्य, पराशरनन्दन व्यास, कृषीवल, वातस्कन्ध, विशाख, विधाता, काल, करालदन्त, त्वष्टा, विश्वकर्मा तथा तुम्बुरु--ये और दूसरे अयोनिज या योनिज मुनि एवं वायु पीकर रहनेवाले तथा हविष्य- पदार्थोंको खानेवाले महर्षि सम्पूर्ण लोकोंके अधीश्वर वज्रधारी इन्द्रकी उपासना करते हैं

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | parāśaraḥ parvataś ca tathā sāvarṇi-gālavau śaṅkhaś ca likhitaś caiva gauraśirā munis tathā | durvāsāḥ krodhanaḥ śyenaḥ dīrghatamā munis tathā | pavitrapāṇiḥ sāvarṇiḥ (dvitīyaḥ) yājñavalkyo bhālukiḥ | uddālakaḥ śvetaketuḥ tāṇḍyo bhāṇḍāyaniḥ haviṣmān gariṣṭhaḥ | rājā hariścandraḥ hṛdyaḥ udaraśāṇḍilyaḥ | parāśaranandano vyāsaḥ kṛṣīvalo vātaskandho viśākho vidhātā kālaḥ karāladantaḥ | tvaṣṭā viśvakarmā ca tathā tumburuḥ—ete cānye ca ayoni-jā yoni-jā munayaḥ vāyu-pāḥ haviṣyāśinaś ca maharṣayaḥ sarvalokādhiśvaraṃ vajradharam indram upāsate ||

Translation

Nārada dit : «Parāśara, Parvata, Sāvarṇi et Gālava ; Śaṅkha, Likhita et le sage Gauraśiras ; Durvāsas, Krodhana, Śyena et le sage Dīrghatamas ; Pavitrapāṇi ; un second Sāvarṇi ; Yājñavalkya ; Bhāluki ; Uddālaka et Śvetaketu ; Tāṇḍya et Bhāṇḍāyani ; Haviṣmān et Gariṣṭha ; le roi Hariścandra ; Hṛdya ; Udaraśāṇḍilya ; Vyāsa, fils de Parāśara ; Kṛṣīvala ; Vātaskandha ; Viśākha ; Vidhātṛ ; Kāla ; Karāladanta ; Tvaṣṭṛ ; Viśvakarman ; et Tumburu — ceux-là et bien d’autres grands sages, nés sans matrice ou d’une matrice, vivant d’air ou se nourrissant d’oblations, vénèrent Indra, porteur du foudre, seigneur de tous les mondes.»

Word by Word

पराशरःParāśara (sage)

पर्वतःParvata (sage)

तथाand; likewise

सावर्णिःSāvarṇi (sage)

गालवःGālava (sage)

शङ्खःŚaṅkha (sage)

लिखितःLikhita (sage)

गौरशिराःGaurashiras (lit. 'white-headed', a sage)

मुनिःsage

दुर्वासाःDurvāsas (sage)

क्रोधनःKrodhana (sage)

श्येनःŚyena (sage)

दीर्घतमाःDīrghatamas (sage)

मुनिःsage

पवित्रपाणिःPavitra-pāṇi (lit. 'having pure hands', a sage)

सावर्णिःSāvarṇi (second, another sage of same name)

याज्ञवल्क्यःYājñavalkya (sage)

भालुकिःBhāluki (sage)

उद्दालकःUddālaka (sage)

श्वेतकेतुःŚvetaketu (lit. 'white-bannered', sage)

ताण्ड्यःTāṇḍya (sage)

भाण्डायनिःBhāṇḍāyani (sage)

हविष्मान्Haviṣmān (sage; 'possessing oblation')

गरिष्ठःGarishṭha (name; lit. 'most venerable/heavy')

राजाking

हरिश्चन्द्रःHariścandra (king)

हृद्यःHṛdya (name; lit. 'pleasing')

उदरशाण्डिल्यःUdara-Śāṇḍilya (sage)

पराशरनन्दनःson of Parāśara

व्यासःVyāsa

कृषीवलःKṛṣīvala (sage; lit. 'ploughman')

वातस्कन्धःVāta-skandha (name; lit. 'wind-shouldered')

विशाखःViśākha (sage)

विधाताVidhātā (the Disposer/creator; name)

कालःTime (personified; name)

करालदन्तःKarāla-danta (name; 'terrible-toothed')

त्वष्टाTvaṣṭṛ (divine artisan)

विश्वकर्माViśvakarman (all-maker; divine architect)

तथाand; likewise

तुम्बुरुःTumburu (celestial musician)

येwho; those who

अन्येothers

चand

अयोनिजाःnot born from a womb; spontaneously born

योनिजाःwomb-born

मुनयःsages

चand

वायुपाःair-drinkers (living on air)

चand

हविष्याशिनःeaters of haviṣya (sacrificial food)

महर्षयःgreat seers

सम्पूर्णलोकानाम्of all the worlds

अधीश्वरम्overlord

वज्रधारिणम्wielder of the thunderbolt

इन्द्रम्Indra

उपासतेworship; attend upon

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Parashara

Parvata

Savarni

Galava

Shankha

Likhita

Gauraśiras

Durvasa

Krodhana

Shyena

Dirghatamas

Pavitrapani

Yajnavalkya

Bhaluki

Uddalaka

Shvetaketu

Tandya

Bhandayani

Havishman

Garistha

King Harishchandra

Hrdya

Udaraśāṇḍilya

Vyasa

Krishivala

Vataskandha

Vishakha

Vidhata

Kala

Karaladanta

Tvashtri

Vishvakarman

Tumburu

Indra

Vajra (thunderbolt)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most eminent sages—of varied origins and austere modes of life—acknowledge a higher cosmic sovereignty by worshipping Indra as the thunderbolt-bearing guardian of order; the verse underscores reverence for divinely sanctioned authority and the harmonizing role of worship in sustaining loka-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada enumerates a long roster of renowned seers (and a king among them) and states that they, along with other extraordinary ascetics, worship Indra, portraying Indra’s wide recognition and the breadth of the devotional/ritual community.