Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तुम्बुरुश्नित्रसेनश्व देवदूतश्न विश्रुतः । देवकन्या महाभागा दिव्याश्वाप्सरसां गणा:

Transliteration

tumburuś citrasenaś ca devadūtaś ca viśrutaḥ | devakanyā mahābhāgā divyāś cāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ ||

Translation

तुम्बुरुश्चित्रसेनश्च देवदूतश्च विश्रुतः । देवकन्या महाभागा दिव्याश्चाप्सरसां गणाः ॥

Word by Word

• तुम्बुरुः: Tumburu (a Gandharva)
• तुम्बुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुम्बुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चित्रसेनः: Chitrasena (a Gandharva)
• चित्रसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• देवदूतः: divine messenger
• देवदूतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विश्रुतः: well-known, renowned
• विश्रुतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवकन्याः: daughters of the gods, divine maidens
• देवकन्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकन्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• महाभागाः: very fortunate, greatly blessed
• महाभागाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• दिव्याः: divine, celestial
• दिव्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Tumburu
• Citraseṇa
• Devadūta (divine messenger)
• Devakanyāḥ (celestial maidens)
• Apsaras-gaṇa (hosts of apsarases)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse participates in a protective invocation: remembering and honoring revered celestial beings is presented as spiritually efficacious, reinforcing dharmic humility and reliance on auspicious powers rather than ego or violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is reciting a catalogue of divine and cosmic beings—here naming Gandharvas, a divine messenger, celestial maidens, and apsarases—as part of a broader enumeration meant to invoke protection and благоприятness (auspicious safeguarding).