Shloka 9

मयेन सभानिर्माणम्

Maya’s Construction of the Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा सो5सुर: पार्थ प्रागुदीचीं दिशं गत: । अथोत्तरेण कैलासान्मैनाकं पर्वतं प्रति,अर्जुनसे ऐसा कहकर मयासुर पूर्वोत्तर दिशा (ईशानकोण)-में कैलाससे उत्तर मैनाक पर्वतके पास गया

Transliteration

ity uktvā so 'suraḥ pārtha prāgudīcīṃ diśaṃ gataḥ | athottareṇa kailāsān mainākaṃ parvataṃ prati |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。そう言い終えると、そのアスラは、パールタよ、北東の方角へと旅立った。ついでカイラーサ山の北を過ぎ、マイナーカ山の方へと進んだ。

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

सःhe

असुरःthe demon (Asura)

पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)

प्रागुदीचीम्northeastern

दिशम्direction

गतःgone

अथthen

उत्तरेणto the north of / northwards

कैलासात्from (Mount) Kailasa

मैनाकम्Mainaka

पर्वतम्mountain

प्रतिtowards

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Arjuna (Pārtha)

Maya Asura

Mount Kailāsa

Mount Maināka

North-eastern direction (Īśāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights resolve and follow-through: after speaking (and implicitly committing to a course of action), one proceeds decisively toward the intended goal. It also frames action within a meaningful landscape, where direction and sacred places underscore intentionality rather than aimless movement.

What is happening in the narrative?

After finishing his statement, Maya the Asura departs toward the north-east. He travels north of Mount Kailāsa and heads toward Mount Maināka, indicating a deliberate journey to a specific mountainous region.