Shloka 19

यमसभावर्णनम् (Yamasabhā-varṇanam) — Nārada’s Description of Dharmarāja’s Assembly

Devanagari script

जामदग्न्यश्न रामश्चन नाभागसगरौ तथा | भूरिट्युम्नो महाश्वश्व पृथाश्वो जनकस्तथा

Transliteration

jāmadagnyo ’tha rāmaś ca nābhāga-sagarau tathā | bhūri-dyumno mahāśvaś ca pṛthāśvo janakas tathā ||

Translation

นารทกล่าวต่อว่า “ชามทัคนยะรามะ นาภาคะ และสคร; อีกทั้ง ภูริดยุมน์ มหาศวะ ปฤถาศวะ และชนกด้วย”

Word by Word

जामदग्न्यःJāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

रामःRāma

चand

नाभागःNābhāga

सगरःSagara

तथाlikewise/also

भूरिट्युम्नःBhūri-tyumna

महाश्वःMahāśva

पृथाश्वःPṛthāśva

जनकःJanaka

तथाand likewise/also

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Jāmadagnya Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Nābhāga

Sagara

Bhūridyu(m)na

Mahāśva

Pṛthāśva

Janaka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By invoking a roll-call of illustrious ancestors and rulers, the verse underscores how dharma is remembered and measured through exemplars—figures whose conduct, fame, and lineage set standards for later generations.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is enumerating notable persons—primarily famed kings and heroic figures—as part of a broader genealogical or reputational listing within the Sabha Parva context.