Shloka 9

नारदेन गरुडात्मजानां नामकीर्तनम् | Nārada’s Enumeration of Garuḍa’s Descendants

Devanagari script

पश्य वेश्मानि रौक्माणि मातले राजतानि च | कर्मणा विधियुक्तेन युक्तान्युपगतानि च

Transliteration

paśya veśmāni raukmāṇi mātale rājatāni ca | karmaṇā vidhiyuktena yuktāny upagatāni ca, mātale |

Translation

Nārada disse: “Vê, ó Mātali—estes palácios de ouro e também aqueles de prata. Construídos por obra artesanal conforme a regra e ao método corretos, erguem-se belamente dispostos, próximos uns dos outros, em harmonia ordenada.”

Word by Word

• पश्य: see, behold
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• वेश्मानि: houses, mansions
• वेश्मानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• रौक्माणि: golden, made of gold
• रौक्माणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौक्म (रुक्म-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• मातले: O Mātali
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलि (सम्बोधन)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• राजतानि: silver (made of silver)
• राजतानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजत
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

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

• कर्मणा: by workmanship; by work
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• विधियुक्तेन: endowed with proper rule/ordinance; according to prescribed method
• विधियुक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधियुक्त
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• युक्तानि: joined, connected
• युक्तानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (युज्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• उपगतानि: approached; closely adjacent; contiguous
• उपगतानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपगत (उप-गम् धातोः क्त)
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mātali
• golden mansions
• silver mansions

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that true splendor is not merely material (gold and silver) but arises from disciplined, rule-governed workmanship (vidhi-yukta karma) and harmonious arrangement—an ethical aesthetic where order and proper method produce beauty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Mātali and points out the magnificence of closely arranged golden and silver mansions, emphasizing that their beauty comes from construction carried out according to prescribed principles and skilled craftsmanship.