Shloka 473

Devanagari script

दिव्यनारीगणाकीर्णो निवसत्यमरो यथा । दिव्य रथों और विमानोंपर आरूढ़ हो नाना प्रकारके लोकोंमें विचरता और दिव्य नारियोंसे घिरा हुआ देवताकी भाँति वहाँ निवास करता है

Transliteration

divyanārīgaṇākīrṇo nivasaty amaro yathā |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。天女の群れに取り囲まれ、彼は不死の者のごとくそこに住まう――天の車や飛行宮殿に乗り、さまざまな天界を巡り、功徳の成就がもたらす光輝を享受するのである。

Word by Word

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारीगण: group of women
• नारीगण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारीगण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आकीर्णः: surrounded, thronged
• आकीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकीर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निवसति: dwells, resides
• निवसति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• अमरः: an immortal; a god
• अमरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• celestial women (divya-nārī-gaṇa)
• immortal/deity (amara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the doctrine of karmic fruition: righteous conduct and accumulated merit can lead to exalted heavenly experience, portrayed as divine movement and residence among celestial beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes a figure enjoying a heavenly state—traveling through various worlds in divine vehicles and residing like a god, surrounded by celestial women.