Shloka 96

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

एते बहुविधा: शैलं शोभयन्ति महाप्रभा: । गन्धर्वा: सह कान्ताभिर्यथोक्त वृषपर्वणा

Transliteration

ete bahuvidhāḥ śailaṃ śobhayanti mahāprabhāḥ | gandharvāḥ saha kāntābhir yathokta vṛṣaparvaṇā ||

Translation

வைசம்பாயனர் கூறினார்—இவ்வாறு பலவகை மகாப்ரபை உடைய ஒளிமிக்கோர் அந்த மலைக்கு அழகு சேர்க்கின்றனர்—கந்தர்வர்கள் தம் காதலியருடன்—விருஷபர்வன் கூறியபடியே.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बहुविधाः: of many kinds, various
• बहुविधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शैलम्: mountain
• शैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शोभयन्ति: adorn, beautify
• शोभयन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Lat

• महाप्रभाः: of great splendor
• महाप्रभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्रभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas (celestial musicians)
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• कान्ताभिः: with (their) beloved women
• कान्ताभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• यथोक्तम्: as said, as described
• यथोक्तम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा + उक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वृषपर्वणा: by Vṛṣaparvan
• वृषपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Noun (Proper name)
• Root: वृषपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gandharvas
• kāntāḥ (consorts of the Gandharvas)
• śaila (the mountain)
• Vṛṣaparvan