Shloka 14

यमसभावर्णनम् (Yamasabhā-varṇanam) — Nārada’s Description of Dharmarāja’s Assembly

Devanagari script

आर्डिषेणो दिलीपश्न महात्मा चाप्युशीनर: । औशीनरि: पुण्डरीक: शर्यातिः शरभ: शुचि:

Transliteration

Ārḍiṣeṇo dilīpaś ca mahātmā cāpyuśīnaraḥ | Auśīnariḥ puṇḍarīkaḥ śaryātiḥ śarabhāḥ śuciḥ ||

Translation

Nārada dit : «(Il y eut) Ārḍiṣeṇa et Dilīpa ; et aussi Uśīnara, à l’âme magnanime. (Il y eut) Auśīnari, Puṇḍarīka, Śaryāti, Śarabha et Śuci.» Dans ce passage, Nārada poursuit une remémoration à la fois généalogique et éthique, invoquant des figures royales illustres dont la mémoire sert d’exemple de royauté juste et de grandeur morale.

Word by Word

• आर्डिषेणः: Ārḍiṣeṇa (a king/person)
• आर्डिषेणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्डिषेण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिलीपः: Dilīpa (a king/person)
• दिलीपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिलीप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उशीनरः: Uśīnara (a king/person)
• उशीनरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशीनर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महात्मा: great-souled, noble
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• औशीनरिः: Auśīnari (descendant of Uśīnara)
• औशीनरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: औशीनरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्डरीकः: Puṇḍarīka (a king/person)
• पुण्डरीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शर्यातिः: Śaryāti (a king/person)
• शर्यातिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्याति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरभः: Śarabha (a king/person)
• शरभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure, bright (epithet/name Śuci)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ārḍiṣeṇa
• Dilīpa
• Uśīnara
• Auśīnari
• Puṇḍarīka
• Śaryāti
• Śarabha
• Śuci

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By listing celebrated royal names and calling one ‘mahātmā’, the verse reinforces the Mahābhārata’s method of teaching dharma through remembered exemplars—ethical authority is grounded in the reputations of righteous rulers and lineages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is speaking and continues a catalogue of notable kings/figures, likely within a genealogical or historical enumeration, situating the present discussion in a broader moral-historical lineage.