Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 100 Shloka 14 - Mahabharata | Malay | Vedapath

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Shloka 14

रसातल-वर्णनम्

Rasātala Description: Surabhi, Phenapāḥ, and the Directional Cows

Devanagari script

सुस्वरो मधुपर्कश्न हेमवर्णस्तथैव च । मालयो मातरिश्वा च निशाकरदिवाकरौ

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | susvaro madhuparkāśna hema-varṇas tathaiva ca | mālayo mātariśvā ca niśākara-divākarau | suvarṇacūḍo nāgāśī dāruṇaś caṇḍatuṇḍakaḥ | anilo'nalo viśālākṣaḥ kuṇḍalī paṅkajit | vajraviṣkambho vainateyo vāmanaḥ vātavegaḥ | diśācakṣur nimeṣo'nimiṣas trirāvaḥ sapta-rāvaḥ | vālmīkir dvīpako daityadvīpaḥ saridadvīpaḥ sāraso padmaketanaḥ | sumukhaś citraketuś citrabhaḥ anaghaḥ meṣahat kumudaḥ dakṣaḥ sarpāntaḥ sahabhojanaḥ gurubhāraḥ kapotaḥ sūryanetraś cirāntako viṣṇudharmā kumāraḥ paribarhaḥ hariḥ | susvaraḥ madhuparkaḥ hemavarṇaḥ mālayaḥ mātariśvā niśākaraḥ tathā divākaraḥ | iti saṅkṣepeṇa mayā ete mukhya-mukhya-garuḍa-santānā varṇitāḥ | ete sarve yaśasvino mahābalāś ca proktāḥ ||

Translation

Narada said: “Susvara, Madhuparka, Hema-varna, and likewise Malaya and Matarishva; Nishakara and Divakara; Suvarnachuda, Nagashi, Daruna, Chandatundaka; Anila, Anala, Vishalaksha, Kundali, Pankajit; Vajravishkambha, Vainateya, Vamana, Vatavega; Dishachakshu, Nimesha, Animisha; Trirava, Saptarava; Valmiki, Dvipaka, Daityadvipa, Saridadvipa; Sarasa, Padmaketana; Sumukha, Chitraketu, Chitrabha; Anagha, Meshahat; Kumuda, Daksha; Sarpanta, Sahabhojana, Gurubhāra; Kapota, Suryanetra, Chirantaka; Vishnudharma, Kumara, Paribarha, Hari—thus, in brief, I have described these foremost among the offspring of Garuda. All of them are declared to be illustrious and exceedingly mighty.”

Word by Word

सुस्वरःSu-svara (one having a good voice) (proper name)

मधुपर्कश्नःMadhupārka-eater (proper name)

हेमवर्णःGolden-colored (proper name)

तथाand likewise

एवindeed/just

चand

मालयःMālaya (proper name)

मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (proper name; epithet of Wind/Agni)

चand

निशाकरःMoon (night-maker) (proper name)

दिवाकरःSun (day-maker) (proper name)

सुवर्णचूडःGolden-crested (proper name)

नागाशीSerpent-eater (proper name)

दारुणःDāruṇa (fierce) (proper name)

चण्डतुण्डकःFierce-beaked (proper name)

अनिलःAnila (Wind) (proper name)

अनलःAnala (Fire) (proper name)

विशालाक्षःWide-eyed (proper name)

कुण्डलीKundalī (ear-ringed/coiled) (proper name)

पंकजित्Conqueror of mire (proper name)

वज्रविष्कम्भःVajra-support/prop (proper name)

वैनतेयःSon of Vinatā (Garuda-epithet) (proper name)

वामनःVāmana (dwarf) (proper name)

वातवेगःWind-speed (proper name)

दिशाचक्षुःEye of the directions (proper name)

निमेषःBlinking (proper name)

अनिमेषःUnblinking (proper name)

त्रिरावःThree-cried/three-roared (proper name)

सप्तरावःSeven-cried/roared (proper name)

वाल्मीकिḥVālmīki (proper name)

द्वीपकःDvīpaka (proper name)

दैत्यद्वीपःDemon-island (proper name)

सरिदद्वीपःRiver-island (proper name)

सारसःSārasa (crane-like) (proper name)

पद्मकेतनःLotus-bannered/lotus-marked (proper name)

सुमुखःFair-faced (proper name)

चित्रकेतुःVariegated-bannered (proper name)

चित्रब्हःCitrabha (proper name; reading uncertain)

अनघःSinless (proper name)

मेषहत्Ram-slayer (proper name)

कुमुदःKumuda (water-lily) (proper name)

दक्षःDakṣa (able) (proper name)

सर्पान्तःEnd of serpents/serpent-destroyer (proper name)

सहभोजनःEating together/companion at meals (proper name)

गुरुभारःHeavy-burdened (proper name)

कपोतःPigeon (proper name)

सूर्यनेत्रःSun-eyed (proper name)

चिरान्तकःLong-lasting destroyer (proper name)

विष्णुधर्माWhose dharma is Viṣṇu/Viṣṇu-dharma (proper name)

कुमारःKumāra (youth/prince) (proper name)

परिबर्हःParibarha (proper name; reading uncertain)

हरिःHari (proper name)

सुस्वरःSu-svara (repeated in some recensions)

मधुपर्कःMadhupārka (honey-mixture) (proper name)

हेमवर्णःHemavarṇa (repeated in some recensions)

मालयःMālaya (repeated in some recensions)

मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (repeated in some recensions)

निशाकरःNiśākara (repeated in some recensions)

तथाand likewise

दिवाकरःDivākara (repeated in some recensions)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Garuda

Susvara

Madhuparka

Hemavarṇa

Mālaya

Mātariśvā

Niśākara

Divākara

Suvarṇacūḍa

Nāgāśī

Dāruṇa

Caṇḍatuṇḍaka

Anila

Anala

Viśālākṣa

Kuṇḍalī

Paṅkajit

Vajraviṣkambha

Vainateya

Vāmana

Vātavega

Diśācakṣu

Nimeṣa

Animiṣa

Trirāva

Sapta-rāva

Vālmīki

Dvīpaka

Daityadvīpa

Saridadvīpa

Sārasa

Padmaketana

Sumukha

Citraketu

Citrabha

Anagha

Meṣahat

Kumuda

Dakṣa

Sarpānta

Sahabhojana

Gurubhāra

Kapota

Sūryanetra

Cirāntaka

Viṣṇudharmā

Kumāra

Paribarha

Hari

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a traditional epic catalogue: it emphasizes that lineage and named remembrance are tied to reputation (yaśas) and capability (mahābala). In the Mahabharata’s ethical world, power is acknowledged, but it is framed through orderly narration and accountability—beings are not anonymous; they are situated within a lineage and a moral cosmos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is enumerating the principal descendants of Garuda, listing many names and concluding that he has mentioned the chief ones only in brief, and that all are famed and very powerful.