Shloka 25

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

दिव्याक्षाप्सरसां संघा गन्धर्वाश्व॒ सकिन्नरा:

Transliteration

divyākṣāpsarasāṃ saṅghā gandharvāś ca kinnaraḥ

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଦିବ୍ୟ ଅପ୍ସରାମାନଙ୍କ ଦଳ, ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବମାନେ ଓ କିନ୍ନରମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଠାରେ ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• दिव्याः: divine
• दिव्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अक्षाः: dice
• अक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अप्सरसाम्: of the Apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• अप्सरसाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• संघाः: groups, hosts
• संघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas (celestial musicians)
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• किन्नराः: Kinnaras (celestial beings)
• किन्नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Apsarases
• Gandharvas
• Kinnaras

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that righteous royal rites and world-ordering acts are portrayed as harmonizing with the cosmos: the presence of celestial beings signifies approval, auspiciousness, and the alignment of human action with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a scene attended by divine assemblies—Apsarases, Gandharvas, and Kinnaras—indicating that the ongoing event in the Aśvamedhika context is grand, sacred, and witnessed by beings from higher realms.