Shloka 14

Pātāla-varṇana (Nārada’s Description of the Netherworld) / पातालवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

भवन वारुणं पश्य यदेतत्‌ सर्वकाउ्चनम्‌ । यत्‌ प्राप्य सुरतां प्राप्ता: सुरा: सुरपते: सखे,महेन्द्रमित्र! देखो, यह वरुणदेवताका भवन है, जो सब ओरसे सुवर्णका ही बना हुआ है। यहाँ पहुँचकर ही देवगण वास्तवमें देवत्वलाभ करते हैं

Transliteration

bhavan vāruṇaṁ paśya yad etat sarva-kāñcanam | yat prāpya suratāṁ prāptāḥ surāḥ surapateḥ sakhe, mahendra-mitra |

Translation

ກັນວະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ມິດຂອງມະເຫນທຣະ (ອິນທຣະ)! ຈົ່ງເບິ່ງວິຫານຂອງພຣະວະຣຸນະນີ້—ຫຸ້ມຫໍ້ດ້ວຍຄຳທົ່ວທຸກດ້ານ. ເມື່ອມາຮອດທີ່ນີ້ແລ້ວ ເທວະທັງຫຼາຍຈຶ່ງໄດ້ບັນລຸຄວາມເປັນເທວະຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ».

Word by Word

• भवनम्: abode, house
• भवनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वारुणम्: of Varuṇa (Varuṇa’s)
• वारुणम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारुण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पश्य: see!, behold!
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वकाञ्चनम्: entirely golden, all-golden
• सर्वकाञ्चनम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकाञ्चन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्राप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• सुरताम्: godhood, state of being a deva
• सुरताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्ताः: having attained, obtained
• प्राप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्राप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुरपतेः: of the lord of the gods (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सखे: O friend
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महेन्द्रमित्र: O friend of Mahendra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्रमित्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇva
• Varuṇa
• Indra (Surapati, Mahendra)
• the gods (Surāḥ)
• Varuṇa’s palace (Vāruṇa-bhavana)