Shloka 28

Pitāmaha-sabhā-varṇana & Hariścandra-māhātmya

Description of Brahmā’s Assembly and the Eminence of Hariścandra

Devanagari script

आयान्ति तस्यां सहिता गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणा: । विंशति: सप्त चैवान्ये लोकपालाश्न सर्वश:

Transliteration

āyānti tasyāṃ sahitā gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | viṃśatiḥ sapta caivānye lokapālāś ca sarvaśaḥ |

Translation

ସେଇ ଦିବ୍ୟ ସଭାରେ ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବ ଓ ଅପ୍ସରାମାନଙ୍କର ବିଶଟି ଗଣ ଏକସାଥିରେ ଆସନ୍ତି; ଆଉ ସାତଜଣ ଅନ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଧାନ ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଠାରେ ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି। ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରୁ ଲୋକପାଳମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆସି ଏକତ୍ର ହୁଅନ୍ତି—ଯେନ ସେ ସଭା ବିଶ୍ୱ-ଶାସନର ମହାଦରବାର।

Word by Word

• आयान्ति: they come
• आयान्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इङ्) + आ-
• Form: Lat (Present Indicative), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तस्याम्: in that (hall/assembly)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सहिता: together, united
• सहिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गन्धर्व: of the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्व: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अप्सरसाम्: of the Apsarases
• अप्सरसाम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• गणाः: groups, troops
• गणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विंशतिः: twenty
• विंशतिः: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्त
• Form: true

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोकपालाः: guardians of the worlds (Lokapālas)
• लोकपालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वशः: from all sides; altogether
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस्
• Form: true

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Gandharvas
• Apsarases
• Lokapālas
• the sabhā (assembly hall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic legitimacy through cosmic recognition: when divine orders (Gandharvas, Apsarases, Lokapālas) gather in a royal hall, it signals that authority and hierarchy are not merely political but aligned with a wider moral and cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing the grandeur of the assembly hall: hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarases arrive together, along with additional eminent Gandharvas and the Lokapālas from all directions, emphasizing the hall’s universal, almost heavenly character.