Shloka 27

वारुणी सभा — Varuṇa’s Divine Assembly

Nārada’s Description

Devanagari script

महीधरा रत्नवन्तो रसा ये च प्रतिछ्िता:

Transliteration

mahīdharā ratnavanto rasā ye ca pratiṣṭhitāḥ

Translation

नारद उवाच—महीधराः रत्नसमृद्धा रसा ये च प्रतिष्ठिताः। देशाः स्वस्वरसोपेताः सुदृढाः समवस्थिताः॥

Word by Word

• महीधराः: mountain-bearers; mountains
• महीधराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रत्नवन्तः: possessing jewels
• रत्नवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्नवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रसाः: juices/saps; essences
• रसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• प्रतिष्ठिताः: established; set firm
• प्रतिष्ठिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• mountains (mahīdharāḥ)
• jewels (ratna)
• lands/regions (rasāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of a well-ordered world: stability and prosperity (mountains with gems, lands with sustaining ‘essence’) are signs of a properly supported realm and cosmic balance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing features of the world’s prosperity and stability, using natural imagery—mountains and fertile regions—to frame the broader discussion of wealth, order, and the conditions that sustain a kingdom.