Shloka 4

वारुणी सभा — Varuṇa’s Divine Assembly

Nārada’s Description

Devanagari script

तथा शकुनयस्तस्यां विचित्रा मधुरस्वरा: । अनिर्देश्या वपुष्मन्त: शतशो5थ सहस्रश:

Transliteration

tathā śakunayas tasyāṃ vicitrā madhurasvarāḥ | anirdeśyā vapuṣmantaḥ śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「またその殿内には、姿もさまざま、声も甘美な鳥が、百とも千とも数知れずさえずっていた。その美と形は言葉で言い尽くせず、身のありさまはこの上なく麗しかった。」

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शकुनयः: birds
• शकुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्याम्: in that (hall/place)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विचित्राः: variegated; wonderful
• विचित्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मधुरस्वराः: sweet-voiced
• मधुरस्वराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुरस्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अनिर्देश्याः: indescribable; not to be specified
• अनिर्देश्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिर्देश्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वपुष्मन्तः: beautiful-bodied; possessing splendid form
• वपुष्मन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वपुष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds; in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• अथ: and; then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• birds (śakunayaḥ)
• the hall/assembly-building (implied by context: sabhā-bhavana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary prosperity and artistry can appear almost indescribable; it invites discernment—marvels of wealth and craft can inspire awe, yet they are also transient and can become settings for pride and future conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada continues describing the wondrous features of the splendid assembly hall, noting the presence of countless melodious, beautifully formed birds whose appearance defies easy description.