Shloka 11

मयेन सभानिर्माणम्

Maya’s Construction of the Assembly Hall

Devanagari script

यत्रेष्ट सर्वभूतानामी श्वरेण महात्मना,भरतश्रेष्ठ! वहीं सम्पूर्ण भूतोंके स्वामी महात्मा प्रजापतिने मुख्य-मुख्य सौ यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान किया था, जिनमें सोनेकी वेदियाँ और मणियोंके खंभे बने थे

Transliteration

yatreṣṭa-sarvabhūtānām īśvareṇa mahātmanā | bharataśreṣṭha! vahīṃ sampūrṇa-bhūtānāṃ svāmī mahātmā prajāpatiḥ pramukha-pramukhānāṃ śataṃ yajñānām anuṣṭhānaṃ kṛtavān, yeṣu suvarṇa-vedikāḥ maṇi-stambhāś ca nirmmitāḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์ภารตะ ณ สถานที่นั้นเอง พระปรชาบดีผู้เป็นมหาตมัน ผู้เป็นจอมแห่งสรรพสัตว์ ได้ประกอบยัญพิธีอันประธานครบหนึ่งร้อยครั้ง”

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

इष्टम्sacrifice (the act of sacrificing)

सर्वभूतानाम्of all beings

ईश्वरेणby the Lord

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

वहhe (that one)

सम्पूर्णentire

भूतोंकेof beings

स्वामीlord, master

महात्माthe great-souled one

प्रजापतिनेby Prajapati

मुख्य-मुख्यchief, principal (repeated for emphasis)

सौa hundred

यज्ञोंकाsacrifices

अनुष्ठानperformance, observance

कियाdid, performed

थाwas

जिनमेंin which

सोनेकीof gold

वेदियाँaltars

औरand

मणियोंकेof gems

खंभेpillars

बनेwere made, became

थेwere

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharataśreṣṭha (addressed listener, i.e., Janamejaya)

Prajāpati

yajña (sacrifices)

suvarṇa-vedikā (golden altars)

maṇi-stambha (gem-pillars)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage elevates yajña as a paradigm of dharmic order: a rightful sovereign (Prajāpati) sustains the world through properly performed rites, symbolizing responsibility, legitimacy, and the maintenance of cosmic and social harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a revered location by recalling that Prajāpati once conducted a hundred principal sacrifices there, marked by extraordinary ritual splendor—golden altars and gem-studded pillars—thereby establishing the site’s sanctity and prestige.