Shloka 53

Pitāmaha-sabhā-varṇana & Hariścandra-māhātmya

Description of Brahmā’s Assembly and the Eminence of Hariścandra

Devanagari script

यच्च किंचित्‌ त्रिलोकेडस्मिन्‌ दृश्यते स्थाणु जड़रमम्‌ | सर्व तस्यां मया दृष्टमिति विद्धि नराधिप

Transliteration

yac ca kiñcit triloke 'smin dṛśyate sthāṇu-jaṅgamam | sarvaṃ tasyāṃ mayā dṛṣṭam iti viddhi narādhipa nara-īśvara ||

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ହେ ନରାଧିପ, ହେ ନରେଶ୍ୱର! ଏହି ତ୍ରିଲୋକରେ ସ୍ଥାବର ଓ ଜଙ୍ଗମ ରୂପେ ଯାହା କିଛି ଦେଖାଯାଏ, ସେ ସବୁକୁ ମୁଁ ସେହି ସଭାଗୃହରେ ଦେଖିଥିଲି—ଏହା ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଜାଣ।

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• किञ्चित्: anything, something
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किञ्चित्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• त्रिलोके: in the three worlds
• त्रिलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Singular

• स्थाणु: O Sthāṇu (epithet/name used in address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जङ्गमम्: moving (creature)
• जङ्गमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जङ्गम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टम्: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus, 'that'
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• विद्धि: know (you), understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperative, Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O ruler of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• narādhipa (the king addressed)
• sabhā (assembly-hall)
• triloka (the three worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses the overwhelming, world-encompassing splendor of the extraordinary assembly-hall: it appears to contain the whole cosmos—everything movable and immovable—thereby cautioning a king against pride and attachment to dazzling power or possessions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing to a king the marvel of a particular sabhā (assembly-hall), saying that within it he beheld, as it were, the entirety of the three worlds—every kind of being, stationary and moving—compressed into that single place.