Shloka 216

Adhyāya 223: Nāradasya Guṇa-kathana

Catalogue of Nārada’s Virtues

Devanagari script

ननृतुस्तत्र गन्धर्वा: घट सहस्राणि सप्तधा | एक समय था

Transliteration

nanṛtus tatra gandharvāḥ ghaṭa-sahasrāṇi saptadhā |

Translation

សក្របានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «នៅទីនោះ ពួកគន្ធព៌រាំរែកជាច្រើនពាន់ តម្រៀបជាក្រុមប្រាំពីរ។ ម្តងមួយ កាលណា ឆត្រធំធេងធ្វើពីមាស ប្រដាប់ដោយរតនៈ ត្រូវបានកាន់បាំងលាតសន្ធឹងនៅលើក្បាលអ្នក ខណៈដែលគន្ធព៌រាំចំនួនប្រាំមួយពាន់ ច្រៀងតាមសូរសព្ទប្រាំពីរ បង្ហាញសិល្បៈនៃការរាំនៅមុខអ្នក។»

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ननृतुः: danced
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• घट: a pot; (here likely a scribal/reading issue)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घट
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• सप्तधा: sevenfold; in seven ways
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Gandharvas
• golden jeweled parasol (royal canopy)
• seven musical notes (sapta-svara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse evokes former royal/celestial honors—canopy, music, and dance—to underline the fragility of worldly glory. Such splendor is contingent on karma and time; ethical steadiness and humility are implied as more reliable than status and display.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) recalls a past scene of magnificence: Gandharvas in vast numbers perform music and dance before the addressed person, with a jeweled golden parasol held overhead—an image of high sovereignty and honor being described or contrasted with a changed present.