Shloka 54

Devanagari script

धनेश्वर उवाच देवतानामभून्मन्त्र: कुशवत्यां नरेश्वर । वृतस्तत्राहमगमं महापद्मशतैस्त्रिभि:,कुबेर बोले--नरेश्वर! प्राचीन कालमें कुशवतीमें देवताओंकी मन्त्रणा-सभा बैठी थी। उसमें मुझे भी बुलाया गया था। मैं तीन सौ महापद्म यक्षोंके साथ वहाँ गया

Transliteration

Dhanēśvara uvāca: devatānām abhūn mantraḥ Kuśavatyāṁ nareśvara | vṛtas tatrāham agamam mahāpadmaśatais tribhiḥ ||

Translation

Dhaneshvara (Kubera) said: “O king, in ancient times at Kushavati the gods convened a council of deliberation. I too was summoned to that assembly, and I went there accompanied by three hundred Mahāpadma Yakṣas.”

Word by Word

• धनेश्वरः: Kubera (lord of wealth)
• धनेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• देवतानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• अभूत्: was / took place
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Anadyatana-bhuta), Third, Singular

• मन्त्रः: council / consultation
• मन्त्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुशवत्याम्: in (the city) Kuśavatī
• कुशवत्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वृतः: invited / summoned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (धातु) → वृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अगमम्: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Anadyatana-bhuta), First, Singular

• महापद्मशतैः: with hundreds of great Padma(-named beings/hosts)
• महापद्मशतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापद्म-शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• त्रिभिः: by/with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

धनेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• धनेश्वर (Kubera)
• देवता (the gods)
• कुशवती (Kuśavatī)
• महापद्म यक्ष (Mahāpadma Yakṣas)
• नरेश्वर (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights accountable power: even a lord of wealth like Kubera acts within a larger order, responding to summons and participating in collective deliberation. Authority is portrayed as coordinated governance rather than isolated dominance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kubera (Dhaneshvara) recounts an earlier event: the gods held a council at Kuśavatī, he was invited, and he arrived with an entourage of three hundred Mahāpadma Yakṣas.