Shloka 29

वारुणी सभा — Varuṇa’s Divine Assembly

Nārada’s Description

Devanagari script

सर्वे विग्रहवन्तस्ते तमीश्वरमुपासते,ये सभी शरीर धारण करके लोकेश्वर वरुणकी उपासना करते रहते हैं

Transliteration

sarve vigrahavantaḥ te tam īśvaram upāsate | ye sabhī śarīra dhāraṇa karke lokeśvara varuṇakī upāsanā karate rahate haiṃ ||

Translation

Nārada disse: “Todos eles, corporificados em forma, veneram continuamente aquele Senhor — Varuṇa, soberano dos mundos.”

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विग्रहवन्तः: having bodies/forms
• विग्रहवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विग्रहवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ईश्वरम्: the lord
• ईश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपासते: worship/serve
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Varuṇa
• Īśvara (Lord)
• Loka (the worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that embodied beings, despite their individual forms, recognize and worship a supreme governing power—here identified as Varuṇa—implying that moral-cosmic order and rightful sovereignty deserve reverence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a group of beings as consistently devoted to the world-sovereign Varuṇa, emphasizing their ongoing worship and the acknowledged authority of a divine ruler within the cosmological framework.