Shloka 2

यमसभावर्णनम् (Yamasabhā-varṇanam) — Nārada’s Description of Dharmarāja’s Assembly

Devanagari script

तैजसी सा सभा राजन्‌ बभूव शतयोजना । विस्तारायामसम्पन्ना भूयसी चापि पाण्डव,राजन्‌! वह तेजोमयी विशाल सभा लम्बाई और चौड़ाईमें भी सौ योजन है तथा पाण्डुनन्दन! सम्भव है, इससे भी कुछ बड़ी हो

Transliteration

taijasī sā sabhā rājan babhūva śatayojanā | vistārāyāmasampannā bhūyasī cāpi pāṇḍava ||

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Wahai raja, balairung itu bersinar gemilang, terbentang sejauh seratus yojana. Ia seimbang sempurna pada lebar dan panjangnya—dan, wahai keturunan Pāṇḍu, barangkali lebih besar lagi.”

Word by Word

तैजसीradiant, luminous

साthat (she/it)

सभाassembly hall

राजन्O king

बभूवbecame, came to be

शतयोजनाof a hundred yojanas (in extent)

विस्तारin breadth/extent

आयामin length

असम्पन्नाnot deficient; fully endowed

भूयसीgreater, larger

चand

अपिalso, even

पाण्डवO Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

राजन्O king

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

King (rājan)

Pāṇḍava (descendant of Pāṇḍu)

sabhā (assembly hall)

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 ideal of royal magnificence and orderly governance: a king’s court is portrayed as vast, radiant, and well-proportioned—suggesting that political authority is expected to be supported by grandeur, stability, and proper arrangement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing an extraordinary, luminous assembly hall to the king, emphasizing its immense scale (hundreds of yojanas) and its perfect dimensions, possibly even exceeding the stated measure.