Shloka 13

Pitāmaha-sabhā-varṇana & Hariścandra-māhātmya

Description of Brahmā’s Assembly and the Eminence of Hariścandra

Devanagari script

सुसुखा सा सदा राजन्‌ न शीता न च घर्मदा । न क्षुत्पिपासे न ग्लानिं प्राप्य तां प्राप्तुवन्त्युत

Transliteration

susukhā sā sadā rājan na śītā na ca gharmadā | na kṣutpipāse na glāniṁ prāpya tāṁ prāptuvanty uta ||

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ହେ ରାଜନ୍! ସେ ଲୋକ ସଦା ପରମ ସୁଖମୟ; ସେଠାରେ ନ ଶୀତର କଷ୍ଟ, ନ ତାପର ଦାହ। ସେଠାରେ ଭୁଖ-ତିର୍ଷା ଉଦ୍ଭବ ହୁଏନି, ନ କ୍ଲାନ୍ତି ଆସେ; ଏବଂ ଯେ ସେଠାକୁ ପହଞ୍ଚନ୍ତି, ସେମାନେ ଦେହଦୁଃଖରୁ ଏମିତି ମୁକ୍ତି ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ପାଆନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• सु-सुखा: very comfortable/pleasant
• सु-सुखा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: she/that (woman)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शीता: cold
• शीता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• घर्मदा: heat-giving/hot
• घर्मदा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घर्मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• क्षुत्-पिपासे: hunger and thirst
• क्षुत्-पिपासे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पिपासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ग्लानिम्: weariness/fatigue
• ग्लानिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लानि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having attained/after reaching
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• ताम्: that (state/place)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तुवन्ति: they attain/obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• उत: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• King (rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ideal state attained through merit and right conduct: a realm where basic bodily afflictions—cold, heat, hunger, thirst, and fatigue—do not trouble the inhabitants, suggesting the ethical fruit of dharmic living as freedom from suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing to a king the qualities of a superior realm (understood as a heavenly or perfected condition), emphasizing its constant comfort and the absence of physical distress for those who reach it.