Shloka 49

Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

देवानां च ऋषीणां च गन्धर्वाणां च सर्वशः पिशाचानां सयक्षाणां तथैव च सुरद्धिषाम्‌

Transliteration

devānāṁ ca ṛṣīṇāṁ ca gandharvāṇāṁ ca sarvaśaḥ | piśācānāṁ sa-yakṣāṇāṁ tathaiva ca surādhiṣām ||

Translation

アルジュナは言った。「（そこには）神々と聖仙たち、あらゆる姿のガンダルヴァがあり、ピシャーチャはヤクシャと連なり、また神々の軍勢を統べる者たちもいた。」

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ऋषीणाम्: of the sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गन्धर्वाणाम्: of the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वशः: in every way; altogether
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

• पिशाचानाम्: of the Piśācas
• पिशाचानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• स-यक्षाणाम्: together with the Yakṣas (of the Yakṣas as well)
• स-यक्षाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सुर-ऋद्धिषाम्: of the divine prosperities/abundances (prosperities of the gods)
• सुर-ऋद्धिषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरऋद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Devas
• Rishis
• Gandharvas
• Piśācas
• Yakṣas
• Surādhiṣas (leaders among the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse situates human inquiry within a wider moral-cosmic framework by invoking multiple classes of beings—divine, sage, and spirit—implying that dharma and knowledge are not limited to human society but are embedded in a layered universe with recognized orders and authorities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna is speaking and enumerating various categories of celestial and supernatural beings—gods, sages, Gandharvas, Piśācas, Yakṣas, and divine leaders—typically as part of a broader question or description that frames the scope of a matter as extending across all realms.