Shloka 12

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

आजगाम सभामन्यां देवावसथवर्चसम्‌ | स तत्र विषयैर्युक्त: कल्याणैरतिमानुषै:

Transliteration

ājagāma sabhām anyāṃ devāvasathavarcasaṃ | sa tatra viṣayair yuktaḥ kalyāṇair atimānuṣaiḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Затем он пришёл в другой зал собраний, сияющий, словно обитель богов. Там он увидел его обставленным великолепными убранствами — благими, изящными и превосходящими обычное человеческое мастерство, — что знаменовало царский порядок, процветание и взращённую власть, на фоне которой должны были быть приняты грядущие государственные решения.

Word by Word

आtowards, up to (prefix)

जगामwent, came

सभाम्assembly hall

अन्याम्another

देवावसथवर्चसम्having the splendor of a divine dwelling

सःhe

तत्रthere

विषयैःwith objects (of enjoyment), with pleasures

युक्तःendowed, furnished, joined with

कल्याणैःwith auspicious/excellent (ones)

अतिमानुषैःwith superhuman (ones)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

sabhā (assembly-hall)

devāvasatha (abode of the gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how outward order and auspicious splendor in a royal court symbolize disciplined governance and prosperity; such settings frame ethical deliberation by reminding rulers that power should be exercised with refinement and responsibility, not mere display.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes someone arriving at another assembly-hall that shines like a divine abode, and finding it richly furnished with excellent, almost superhumanly crafted amenities—setting the scene for subsequent courtly proceedings and counsel.