Shloka 10

Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold

Chapter 8

Devanagari script

तस्य शैलस्य पाशर्वेषु सर्वेषु जयतां वर

Transliteration

tasya śailasya pārśveṣu sarveṣu jayatāṃ vara, cikīrṣur hi priyaṃ rājan kuberasya mahātmanaḥ | vijayī vīroṃ meṃ śreṣṭha nareśa! us parvat ke cāroṃ or sūrya kī kiraṇoṃ ke samān prakāśamān suvarṇa kī khāneṃ haiṃ. rājan! astra-śastroṃ se susajjit kubera ke anucar apne svāmī mahātmā kubera kā priya karne kī icchā se un khānoṃ kī rakṣā karte haiṃ ||

Translation

ସଂବର୍ତ୍ତ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଜୟୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ରାଜନ! ସେହି ପର୍ବତର ଚାରିଦିଗେ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟକିରଣ ସମାନ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣର ଖଣି ଅଛି। ରାଜନ! ଅସ୍ତ୍ର-ଶସ୍ତ୍ରରେ ସଜ୍ଜିତ କୁବେରଙ୍କ ଅନୁଚରମାନେ, ମହାତ୍ମା ସ୍ୱାମୀ କୁବେରଙ୍କ ପ୍ରିୟ କରିବା ଇଚ୍ଛାରେ, ସେହି ଖଣିଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ରକ୍ଷା କରୁଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शैलस्य: of the mountain
• शैलस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पार्श्वेषु: on the sides / around
• पार्श्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana (Adhikarana)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• जयताम्: may (they) be victorious / may (you) win
• जयताम्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (जयति)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वर: O best (one)
• वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• चिकीर्षन्: wishing to do / intending
• चिकीर्षन्: Karta (of implied action)
• Type: Verb (participial)
• Root: कृ (करोति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• प्रियम्: what is dear / a pleasing thing
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कुबेरस्य: of Kubera
• कुबेरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: कुबेर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (Sambandha)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संवर्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta
• Kubera
• the mountain (śaila)
• gold mines (suvarṇa-khani)
• Kubera's attendants (anucarāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights loyal service and guardianship: Kubera’s attendants protect wealth not for personal gain but to fulfill what is pleasing to their lord, implying that power and resources are sustained by duty-bound protection within a larger moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃvarta describes a mountain encircled by radiant gold mines. He explains that Kubera’s armed attendants guard these mines, motivated by the desire to please the great-souled Kubera.