Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अत्र राक्षसयक्षाणां गन्धर्वाणां च गालव,गालव! इसी दिशामें कैलास पर्वतपर राक्षस, यक्ष और गन्धर्वोका आधिपत्य करनेके लिये धनदाता कुबेरका अभिषेक हुआ था। उत्तर दिशामें ही रमणीय चैत्ररथवन और वैखानस ऋषियोंका आश्रम है

Transliteration

atra rākṣasa-yakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca, gālava; gālava! asyāṃ diśi kailāsa-parvate rākṣasānāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ cādhipatyaṃ kartum dhanadaḥ kuberaḥ abhiṣiktaḥ. uttarāyāṃ diśi eva ramaṇīyaṃ caitraratha-vanaṃ ca vaikhānasa-ṛṣīṇām āśramaś ca.

Translation

ຢູ່ນີ້, ໂອ ກາລະວະ—ແມ່ນແລ້ວ ກາລະວະ!—ໃນພື້ນຖິ່ນນີ້ເອງ ເທິງພູເຂົາໄກລາສາ ທ່ານທະນະດະ ກຸເບຣະ ຜູ້ໃຫ້ຊັບ ໄດ້ຮັບພິທີອະພິເສກ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ຄອງອຳນາດເໜືອຣາກສະສະ, ຢັກສະ ແລະ ຄັນທັຣວະ. ແລະໃນທິດເໜືອນັ້ນເອງ ຍັງມີປ່າໄຊຕຣະຣະຖະອັນຮື່ນຮົມ ແລະອາສຣົມຂອງລະສີວາຍຄານະສະ.

Word by Word

अत्रhere

राक्षसof the demons (rakshasas)

यक्षाणाम्of the yakshas

गन्धर्वाणाम्of the gandharvas

चand

गालवO Galava

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yūparṇa

Gālava

Rākṣasas

Yakṣas

Gandharvas

Dhanada (Kubera)

Mount Kailāsa

Caitraratha-vana

Vaikhānasa Ṛṣis

Northern direction (Uttarā diś)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage emphasizes cosmic and social order: legitimate sovereignty is established through consecration (abhiṣeka), and even powerful non-human classes are placed under a recognized ruler (Kubera). It also links authority with sacred geography, suggesting that places like Kailāsa and Caitraratha embody an ordered, dharmic cosmos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yūparṇa addresses Gālava and points out a northern sacred region: on Mount Kailāsa, Kubera was installed as overlord of the Rākṣasas, Yakṣas, and Gandharvas; nearby are the famed Caitraratha grove and the hermitage of Vaikhānasa sages.