Shloka 10

मयेन सभानिर्माणम्

Maya’s Construction of the Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

हिरण्यशूज्र: सुमहान्‌ महामणिमयो गिरि: । रम्यं बिन्दुसरो नाम यत्र राजा भगीरथ:

Transliteration

hiraṇyaśūjraḥ sumahān mahāmaṇimayo giriḥ | ramyaṃ bindusaro nāma yatra rājā bhagīrathaḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—అక్కడ ‘హిరణ్యశృంగ’ అనే అతి మహత్తర పర్వతం ఉండెను; అది మహామణులతో నిర్మితమైనట్లు, స్వర్ణవర్ణ కాంతితో ప్రకాశించెను. అక్కడే ‘బిందుసరస్’ అనే మనోహర సరస్సు కూడా ఉండెను; అది రాజు భగీరథుని స్మృతితో అనుబంధించబడినది.

Word by Word

हिरण्यशृङ्गःone having golden peaks (gold-crested)

सुमहान्very great

महामणिमयःmade of great gems

गिरिःmountain

रम्यम्beautiful, delightful

बिन्दुसरःthe lake named Bindu-saras

नामby name, called

यत्रwhere

राजाking

भगीरथःBhagīratha

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bindusaras (lake)

Bhagīratha

jewel-like mountain (giri)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 places become morally and culturally significant through association with exemplary rulers; sacred or renowned landscapes function as reminders of dharmic kingship and inherited responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a magnificent, jewel-bright mountain and a beautiful lake named Bindusaras, noting its association with King Bhagīratha, thereby setting the scene within a storied and prestigious locale.