Shloka 87

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

Devanagari script

इष्टगन्ध: सुखस्पर्श: सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावह: । उस समय देवमार्गोंपर मनोरम गन्ध और सुखद स्पर्शसे युक्त तथा सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंको आनन्द प्रदान करनेवाले वायुदेव

Transliteration

iṣṭagandhaḥ sukhasparśaḥ sarvendriyasukhāvahaḥ | śucau vābhyarthite deśe tridaśāḥ prāyaśaḥ sthitāḥ ||

Translation

Śakra (Indra) dit : «Une brise, chargée d’un parfum délicieux et d’un toucher agréable—réjouissant tous les sens—se mit à souffler doucement. Alors, dans cette contrée d’une pureté suprême et tant désirée, presque tous les dieux s’assemblèrent, souhaitant contempler Indra avec la Fortune royale, Śrī.»

Word by Word

• इष्टगन्धः: having a pleasing fragrance
• इष्टगन्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्टगन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखस्पर्शः: having a pleasant touch
• सुखस्पर्शः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखस्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावहः: bringing pleasure to all the senses
• सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचौ: in a pure (place)
• शुचौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अभ्यर्थिते: in a desired/requested (place)
• अभ्यर्थिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यर्थित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देशे: in the region/place
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिदशाः: the gods
• त्रिदशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रायशः: for the most part, generally
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रायशः

• स्थिताः: stood / were present
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Tridaśas (the gods)
• Śrī / Rājalakṣmī (royal Fortune)
• Vāyu (Wind-god, implied by the narrative gloss)
• Agni (Fire-god, implied by the narrative gloss)
• Śuci deśa (a pure/holy region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights how purity and auspicious conditions (pleasant fragrance, soothing breeze, a sanctified place) accompany rightful sovereignty and divine presence—suggesting that inner and outer harmony are signs of dharmic order and legitimate prosperity (Śrī) around a ruler.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra describes an auspicious atmosphere: a gentle, fragrant, pleasant breeze arises, and in that pure, desired region the gods gather in large numbers to behold Indra together with royal Fortune (Śrī/Rājalakṣmī).