Shloka 30

Pitāmaha-sabhā-varṇana & Hariścandra-māhātmya

Description of Brahmā’s Assembly and the Eminence of Hariścandra

Devanagari script

मन्त्रो रथन्तरं चैव हरिमान्‌ वसुमानपि । आदित्या: साधिराजानो नामद्वन्द्वैरुदाह्ता:

Transliteration

mantro rathantaraṃ caiva harimān vasumān api | ādityāḥ sādhirājāno nāmadvandvair udāhṛtāḥ ||

Translation

మంత్రం, రథంతర (సామం), అలాగే హరిమాన్, వసుమాన్; మరియు అధిరాజుడు (ఇంద్రుడు) సహితంగా ఆదిత్యులు—ఇవన్నీ ద్వంద్వనామాలతో ఉచ్చరింపబడుతాయి (ప్రసిద్ధం).

Word by Word

• मन्त्रः: a mantra (hymn/formula)
• मन्त्रः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथन्तरम्: Rathantara (a Sāman chant)
• रथन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हरिमान्: Harimān (name/epithet; 'possessing tawny steeds')
• हरिमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वसुमान्: Vasumān (name/epithet; 'possessing wealth')
• वसुमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुमत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साधिराजानः: Sādhirājas (a class/name of deities)
• साधिराजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधिराजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नामद्वन्द्वैः: by name-pairs (dvandva-names)
• नामद्वन्द्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामद्वन्द्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• उदाहृताः: are mentioned/are called
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ
• Form: Passive, Perfect (past participle used predicatively), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mantra
• Rathantara (Sāman)
• Harimān
• Vasumān
• Ādityas
• Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the sanctity and precision of Vedic invocation: divine powers and ritual principles are properly approached through established names and paired appellations, especially within the Sāma-chanting tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is listing or identifying sacred entities and Vedic-ritual designations—Mantras, a prominent Sāman (Rathantara), specific named powers (Harimān, Vasumān), and the Ādityas with Indra—describing how they are traditionally invoked and referred to.