Shloka 26

कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः

Devanagari script

अन्तःपुराणां मञ्चाश् च तथान्ये परिकल्पिताः अन्ये च वारमुख्यानाम् अन्ये नागरयोषिताम्

Transliteration

antaḥpurāṇāṃ mañcāś ca tathānye parikalpitāḥ anye ca vāramukhyānām anye nāgarayoṣitām

Translation

On avait aussi disposé des estrades distinctes : certaines pour les femmes du gynécée, d’autres pour les courtisanes de premier rang, et d’autres encore pour les femmes de la cité—chacune assise selon son rang et son usage.

Word by Word

• अन्तःपुराणाम्: of the inner-palace (women’s quarters)
• अन्तःपुराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः—अन्तः + पुर (तत्पुरुष)

• मञ्चाः: platforms/seats
• मञ्चाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषणप्रयोगः

• परिकल्पिताः: were arranged/assigned
• परिकल्पिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कल्प् (धातु) → परिकल्पित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘were arranged/assigned’

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वारमुख्यानाम्: of the chief courtesans
• वारमुख्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारमुख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—वार + मुख्या (तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नागरयोषिताम्: of the city women
• नागरयोषिताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागरीयोषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—नागरी + योषित् (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

FAQs

What is the significance of seating arrangements in this Vishnu Purana verse?

It highlights how public and royal spaces were organized by recognized social roles, reflecting a broader dharmic sense of order within the kingdom.

How does Sage Parāśara explain social organization in this context?

Through concrete details of court and civic protocol—who is placed where—Parāśara illustrates how a well-ruled realm expresses structured norms in everyday life.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when describing worldly administration, the Purana frames order and stability in society as part of the cosmos upheld by Vishnu, the sustaining Supreme Reality.