Shloka 5

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

एषा वैहायसैर्नित्यं बालखिल्यैर्महात्मभि: । अर्चिता चोपयाता च गन्धर्वैश्न महात्मभि:,आकाशचारी महात्मा बालखिल्य तथा महामना गन्धर्वगण भी नित्य इसके तटपर आते-जाते हैं और इसकी पूजा करते हैं

Transliteration

eṣā vaihāyasair nityaṃ bālakhilyair mahātmabhiḥ | arcitā copayātā ca gandharvaiś ca mahātmabhiḥ ||

Translation

“เหล่าฤๅษีบาฬขิลยะผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ ผู้ดำเนินไปในเวหา ย่อมสักการะสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้เป็นนิตย์ และมาไปอยู่เสมอ; ทั้งหมู่คันธรรพผู้สูงศักดิ์ก็มาเยือนเป็นประจำและบูชาที่นี่เช่นกัน”

Word by Word

एषाthis (she/this one)

वैindeed

वैहायसैःby/with the sky-goers (celestials)

नित्यंalways

बालखिल्यैःby/with the Bālakhilyas (a class of sages)

महात्मभिःby great-souled (ones)

अर्चिताworshipped

चand

उपयाताapproached/visited

चand

गन्धर्वैःby/with Gandharvas

महात्मभिःby great-souled (ones)

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bālakhilya sages

Gandharvas

a sacred place (feminine referent: eṣā)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Holiness is recognized by the conduct of the virtuous: when great ascetics and refined celestial beings repeatedly honor a place, it signals its sanctity. The verse underscores reverence (arcana) and the ethical idea that purity and devotion naturally gravitate toward sacred spaces.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker is describing a revered sacred spot (likely a tīrtha or holy region) and emphasizing its extraordinary status by noting that the Bālakhilya sages and the Gandharvas—beings capable of moving through the sky—regularly come there and worship it.