Shloka 16

Vaiśravaṇa-sabhā-varṇanam

Description of Kubera’s Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

कुस्तुम्बुरु: पिशाचश्च गजकर्णो विशालक: । वराहकर्णस्ताम्रोष्ठ;: फलकक्ष: फलोदक:

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | kustumburuḥ piśācaś ca gajakārṇo viśālakaḥ | varāhakārṇas tāmrōṣṭhaḥ phalakakṣaḥ phalodakaḥ | kinnaras tathā nara-nāmavālo gandharvaḥ maṇibhadro dhanadaḥ śvetabhadraḥ guhmakas kaśerako gaṇḍakaṇḍū mahābalī pradyotaḥ | haṃsacūḍaḥ śikhāvartaḥ hemanetraḥ vibhīṣaṇaḥ puṣpānanaḥ piṅgalakaḥ śoṇitodaḥ pravālakaḥ vṛkṣavāsī aniketaś ca cīravāsāś ca | bhārata! ete tathāpare bahavo yakṣā lakṣaśaḥ samupasthitāḥ sabhāyāṃ kuberasya sevāṃ kurvanti ||

Translation

ນາຣະດະເວົ້າວ່າ: «ກຸສຕຸມບຸຣຸ, ປິສາຈ, ກະຊະການ, ວິສາລະກະ, ວະຣາຫະການ, ຕາມໂຣດຖະ, ພະລະກັກສະ, ພະລະໂອດະກະ; ພວກກິນນະຣະ; ຄັນທະວະທີ່ມີນາມວ່າ ນະຣະ-ນາມະວານ; ມະນິພະດຣະ; ທະນະດະ (ກຸເບຣະ); ສະເວຕະພະດຣະ; ກຸຫມະກະ; ກະເຊຣະກະ; ກັນຑະກັນຑູ; ປະຣະດຍໂອຕະຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນໃຫຍ່; ຫັມສະຈູດະ; ສິຂາວັດຕະ; ເຫມະເນດຕະ; ວິພີຊະນະ; ປຸສປານະນະ; ປິງກະລະກະ; ໂຊນິໂຕດະ; ປະຣະວາລະກະ; ວຶກສະວາສີ; ອະນິເກດ; ແລະ ຈີຣະວາສາ— ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ! ຍັກສະເຫຼົ່ານີ້ ແລະອື່ນໆອີກຫຼາຍນັບບໍ່ຖ້ວນ ມາຊຸມນຸມຢູ່ໃນສະພານັ້ນ ເພື່ອຮັບໃຊ້ກຸເບຣະ»។

Word by Word

• कुस्तुम्बुरुः: Kustumburu (a Gandharva/Yaksha name)
• कुस्तुम्बुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुस्तुम्बुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पिशाचः: Piśāca (a being/name)
• पिशाचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गजकर्णः: Gajakārṇa (lit. elephant-eared; a name)
• गजकर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशालकः: Viśālaka (a name)
• विशालकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशालक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वराहकर्णः: Varāhakārṇa (boar-eared; a name)
• वराहकर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराहकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ताम्रोष्ठः: Tāmroṣṭha (copper-lipped; a name)
• ताम्रोष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्रोष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• फलकक्षः: Phalakakṣa (fruit-in-the-armpit/fruit-bosomed; a name)
• फलकक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फलकक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• फलोदकः: Phalodaka (fruit-water; a name)
• फलोदकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फलोदक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Kubera (Dhanada)
• Yakshas
• Gandharvas
• Kinnaras
• Kustumburu
• Piśāca (as a named being here)
• Gajakārṇa
• Viśālaka
• Varāhakārṇa
• Tāmrōṣṭha
• Phalakakṣa
• Phalodaka
• Nara-nāmavān (Gandharva)
• Maṇibhadra
• Śvetabhadra
• Guhmaka
• Kaśeraka
• Gaṇḍakaṇḍū
• Pradyota
• Haṃsacūḍa
• Śikhāvarta
• Hemanetra
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Puṣpānana
• Piṅgalaka
• Śoṇitoda
• Pravālaka
• Vṛkṣavāsī
• Aniketa
• Cīravāsā
• Kubera’s assembly hall (Sabhā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ordered cosmic hierarchy: powerful non-human beings are portrayed as disciplined attendants in Kubera’s court, suggesting that true grandeur is sustained by duty, service, and rightful alignment with one’s role (sevā within dharmic order).

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is describing the splendour of Kubera’s assembly hall by listing prominent Yakṣas and related celestial beings who are present in vast numbers and who serve Kubera there.