Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सर्वकामगुणोपेता यानानि विविधानि च । भवनानि विचित्राणि भूमिर्वासांसि काउ्चनम्‌

Transliteration

sarvakāma-guṇopetā yānāni vividhāni ca | bhavanāni vicitrāṇi bhūmir vāsāṃsi kāñcanam ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ที่นั่นมียานพาหนะนานาชนิด เพียบพร้อมด้วยความสบายและคุณวิเศษอันพึงปรารถนาทุกประการ; มีคฤหาสน์อันน่าอัศจรรย์งดงามหลากสี; และมีแผ่นดินกับอาภรณ์—ส่องประกายดุจทองคำ”

Word by Word

• सर्वकामगुणोपेताः: endowed with all desired qualities
• सर्वकामगुणोपेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकामगुणोपेत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• यानानि: vehicles, conveyances
• यानानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विविधानि: various, diverse
• विविधानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• भवनानि: mansions, dwellings
• भवनानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विचित्राणि: wonderful, variegated
• विचित्राणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• भूमिः: the earth/ground
• भूमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वासांसि: garments, clothes
• वासांसि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• काञ्चनम्: golden; made of gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• yānāni (vehicles/conveyances)
• bhavanāni (mansions/dwellings)
• bhūmi (lands/regions)
• vāsāṃsi (garments)
• kāñcana (gold/golden objects)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the abundance of pleasurable, splendid objects—vehicles, mansions, lands, and golden garments—evoking the idea that the fruits of action can manifest as refined enjoyments; within Svargarohana’s larger arc, such splendor also implicitly contrasts with the deeper quest for the highest good beyond mere luxury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is describing a scene of extraordinary opulence: many kinds of richly endowed conveyances, ornate dwellings, and golden-looking possessions, as part of the broader depiction of the otherworldly/royal environment encountered in the Svargarohana narrative.