Shloka 39

Subhadrā-vilāpaḥ — Subhadrā’s Lament for Abhimanyu

Droṇa-parva 55

Devanagari script

हैमं हिमवतः पादं यियक्षोविविधै: स वै । यस्य सेन्द्राउईमरगणा बृहस्पतिपुरोगमा:

Transliteration

haimaṃ himavataḥ pādaṃ yiyakṣo vividhaḥ sa vai | yasya sendrau īśvaragaṇā bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ ||

Translation

ນາຣະດະກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະອົງນັ້ນໄດ້ປາຖະໜາຈະປະກອບພິທີບູຊາຫຼາຍປະເພດ ຢູ່ຕີນທອງຂອງພູຫິມາລະຍະ—ຜູ້ທີ່ໃນສະພາຂອງພຣະອົງ ມີຫມູ່ເທວະຈອມນາຍພ້ອມອິນທຣະ ແລະມີ ບຣິຫັສປະຕິ ເປັນຜູ້ນໍາ.»

Word by Word

हैमम्golden

हिमवतःof Himavat (the Himalaya)

पादम्foot; base; slope

यियक्षोःwished to sacrifice

विविधैःwith various (means/rites)

सःhe

वैindeed

यस्यwhose

स-इन्द्र-उषी-मरगणाःthe groups (of gods) together with Indra and the Maruts

बृहस्पति-पुरोगमाःhaving Bृहस्पति as their leader

Speaker

(नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Himavat (Himālaya)

Indra

Bṛhaspati

Īśvaragaṇāḥ (hosts of divine lords)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-religious ideal that great undertakings should be grounded in yajña (disciplined, merit-generating action) and guided by legitimate spiritual authority—symbolized by Bṛhaspati leading the divine assembly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a figure who intends to conduct various sacrifices at the golden base of the Himālaya, and notes that this person is associated with (or honored by) an assembly of divine lords including Indra, with Bṛhaspati at their head.