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

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ที่นั่นมีภูเขาใหญ่ยิ่งชื่อ ‘หิรัณยศฤงคะ’ ส่องประกายดุจทอง ราวกับประกอบด้วยแก้วมณีอันประเสริฐ และยังมีสระงามชื่อ ‘บินทุสรัส’ อันเป็นสถานที่ที่ผูกพันกับพระราชาภคีรถะ”

Word by Word

• हिरण्यशृङ्गः: one having golden peaks (gold-crested)
• हिरण्यशृङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य-शृङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामणिमयः: made of great gems
• महामणिमयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामणिमय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रम्यम्: beautiful, delightful
• रम्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बिन्दुसरः: the lake named Bindu-saras
• बिन्दुसरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिन्दुसरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name, called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगीरथः: Bhagīratha
• भगीरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगीरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bindusaras (lake)
• Bhagīratha
• jewel-like mountain (giri)

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.