Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एषा मया सम्पतता वारुणी भरतर्षभ | दृष्टपूर्वा सभा रम्या कुबेरस्य सभां शूणु,भरतश्रेष्ठ। पहले सब ओर घूमते हुए मैंने वरुणजीकी इस रमणीय सभाका भी दर्शन किया है। अब तुम कुबेरकी सभाका वर्णन सुनो

Transliteration

eṣā mayā sampatatā vāruṇī bharatarṣabha | dṛṣṭapūrvā sabhā ramyā kuberasya sabhāṃ śṛṇu, bharataśreṣṭha ||

Translation

Nārada nói: “Hỡi bậc tráng kiệt trong dòng Bharata, khi ta rong ruổi khắp nơi, ta đã được thấy đại sảnh mỹ lệ của Varuṇa này rồi. Nay, hỡi người ưu tú nhất trong dòng Bharata, hãy nghe ta thuật về hội đường của Kubera.”

Word by Word

एषाthis (she/this one)

मयाby me

सम्पतताwhile moving about / while roaming

वारुणीof Varuṇa; Varuṇa’s

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

दृष्टपूर्वाseen before / previously seen

सभाassembly hall

रम्याbeautiful, delightful

कुबेरस्यof Kubera

सभाम्assembly hall

शृणुhear, listen

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Varuṇa

Kubera

Sabhā (assembly-hall/court)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined narration and attentive listening: knowledge of great realms is transmitted through a trustworthy witness (Nārada), and the listener is urged to hear in sequence—an ethical model of careful testimony and receptive learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada tells the Bharata prince that he has already seen Varuṇa’s beautiful assembly-hall during his travels and now transitions to describing Kubera’s hall, moving the account from one divine court to the next.