Shloka 87

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

Devanagari script

इष्टगन्ध: सुखस्पर्श: सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावह: । उस समय देवमार्गोंपर मनोरम गन्ध और सुखद स्पर्शसे युक्त तथा सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंको आनन्द प्रदान करनेवाले वायुदेव

Transliteration

iṣṭagandhaḥ sukhasparśaḥ sarvendriyasukhāvahaḥ | śucau vābhyarthite deśe tridaśāḥ prāyaśaḥ sthitāḥ ||

Translation

Śakra (Indra) nói: “Một làn gió mang hương thơm khả ái và sự chạm êm dịu—đem niềm vui đến cho mọi giác quan—đã thổi nhẹ nhàng. Rồi tại miền đất tối thượng thanh tịnh, nơi lòng người hằng ao ước, gần như tất cả chư thiên đều tụ hội, mong được chiêm bái Indra cùng với vương phúc Thần Nữ Śrī (Lakṣmī).”

Word by Word

• इष्टगन्धः: having a pleasing fragrance
• इष्टगन्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्टगन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखस्पर्शः: having a pleasant touch
• सुखस्पर्शः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखस्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावहः: bringing pleasure to all the senses
• सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वेन्द्रियसुखावह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचौ: in a pure (place)
• शुचौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अभ्यर्थिते: in a desired/requested (place)
• अभ्यर्थिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यर्थित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देशे: in the region/place
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिदशाः: the gods
• त्रिदशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रायशः: for the most part, generally
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रायशः

• स्थिताः: stood / were present
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Tridaśas (the gods)
• Śrī / Rājalakṣmī (royal Fortune)
• Vāyu (Wind-god, implied by the narrative gloss)
• Agni (Fire-god, implied by the narrative gloss)
• Śuci deśa (a pure/holy region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights how purity and auspicious conditions (pleasant fragrance, soothing breeze, a sanctified place) accompany rightful sovereignty and divine presence—suggesting that inner and outer harmony are signs of dharmic order and legitimate prosperity (Śrī) around a ruler.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra describes an auspicious atmosphere: a gentle, fragrant, pleasant breeze arises, and in that pure, desired region the gods gather in large numbers to behold Indra together with royal Fortune (Śrī/Rājalakṣmī).