Shloka 17

नारदेन दिव्यसभाः कथितुं प्रतिज्ञा

Nārada’s Prelude to Describing the Divine Assemblies

Devanagari script

वासवं देवराजं च यम॑ वैवस्वतं च के । वरुणं च कुबेरं च सभायां पर्युपासते,“इसी प्रकार देवराज इन्द्र, वैवस्वत यम, वरुण तथा कुबेरकी सभामें कौन-कौन लोग उनकी उपासना करते हैं?

Transliteration

vāsavaṃ devarājaṃ ca yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ ca ke | varuṇaṃ ca kuberaṃ ca sabhāyāṃ paryupāsate ||

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Demikian juga, di balairung Vāsava (Indra), raja para dewa; di balairung Yama Vaivasvata; Varuṇa; dan Kubera—siapakah yang hadir mengelilingi mereka, berkhidmat serta menyembah dengan hormat?”

Word by Word

• वासवम्: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवराजम्: king of the gods
• देवराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• यम्: Yama
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वैवस्वतम्: son of Vivasvat (epithet of Yama)
• वैवस्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैवस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• के: who (which people)
• के: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वरुणम्: Varuṇa
• वरुणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• कुबेरम्: Kubera
• कुबेरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सभायाम्: in the assembly
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पर्युपासते: attend upon / worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-उप-आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Devarāja (Indra)
• Yama Vaivasvata
• Varuṇa
• Kubera
• Sabhā (assembly-hall/court)