Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

तैजसी सा सभा राजन्‌ बभूव शतयोजना । विस्तारायामसम्पन्ना भूयसी चापि पाण्डव,राजन्‌! वह तेजोमयी विशाल सभा लम्बाई और चौड़ाईमें भी सौ योजन है तथा पाण्डुनन्दन! सम्भव है, इससे भी कुछ बड़ी हो

Transliteration

taijasī sā sabhā rājan babhūva śatayojanā | vistārāyāmasampannā bhūyasī cāpi pāṇḍava ||

Translation

Nārada nói: “Tâu Đại vương, đại sảnh ấy rực rỡ huy hoàng, trải rộng đến một trăm yojana. Nó cân xứng hoàn hảo cả bề ngang lẫn bề dọc—và hỡi hậu duệ của Pāṇḍu, có lẽ còn lớn hơn nữa.”

Word by Word

• तैजसी: radiant, luminous
• तैजसी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैजस
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: that (she/it)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सभा: assembly hall
• सभा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बभूव: became, came to be
• बभूव: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular

• शतयोजना: of a hundred yojanas (in extent)
• शतयोजना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-योजन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विस्तार: in breadth/extent
• विस्तार: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आयाम: in length
• आयाम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयाम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• असम्पन्ना: not deficient; fully endowed
• असम्पन्ना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-सम्पन्न
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भूयसी: greater, larger
• भूयसी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)
• पाण्डव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• King (rājan)
• Pāṇḍava (descendant of Pāṇḍu)
• sabhā (assembly hall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of royal magnificence and orderly governance: a king’s court is portrayed as vast, radiant, and well-proportioned—suggesting that political authority is expected to be supported by grandeur, stability, and proper arrangement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing an extraordinary, luminous assembly hall to the king, emphasizing its immense scale (hundreds of yojanas) and its perfect dimensions, possibly even exceeding the stated measure.