Shloka 40

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

तस्मै शय्यासन दिव्यं देवह रत्नभूषितम्‌

Transliteration

tasmai śayyāsanaṁ divyaṁ devaharatnabhūṣitam

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「彼には、天上の宝玉で飾られた神妙なる臥座（寝台兼座）を献じた。」それは、ふさわしき受け手に示される栄誉であり、功徳に応じて相応のもてなしと敬意を捧げるというダルマの理想を物語る。

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him/for him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, dative, singular

• शय्यासनम्: bed and seat (couch-seat)
• शय्यासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्यासन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दिव्यम्: divine, splendid
• दिव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• देवहरत्नभूषितम्: adorned with divine jewels
• देवहरत्नभूषितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवहरत्नभूषित
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• divine couch-seat (śayyāsana)
• celestial jewels (deva-ratna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic conduct through appropriate honor and hospitality: offering a worthy person a fitting seat/resting place symbolizes respect, recognition of merit, and proper social-ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s narration, someone is ceremonially honored by being given a splendid, divine couch-seat adorned with celestial jewels—an image of royal or sacred reception and esteem.