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Shloka 10

Gālava’s Eastern Ascent with Garuḍa; Counsel on Kāla and Upāya (उद्योगपर्व, अध्याय ११०)

अत्र राक्षसयक्षाणां गन्धर्वाणां च गालव,गालव! इसी दिशामें कैलास पर्वतपर राक्षस, यक्ष और गन्धर्वोका आधिपत्य करनेके लिये धनदाता कुबेरका अभिषेक हुआ था। उत्तर दिशामें ही रमणीय चैत्ररथवन और वैखानस ऋषियोंका आश्रम है

atra rākṣasa-yakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca, gālava; gālava! asyāṃ diśi kailāsa-parvate rākṣasānāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ cādhipatyaṃ kartum dhanadaḥ kuberaḥ abhiṣiktaḥ. uttarāyāṃ diśi eva ramaṇīyaṃ caitraratha-vanaṃ ca vaikhānasa-ṛṣīṇām āśramaś ca.

Tại đây, hỡi Gālava—phải, chính ngươi, Gālava!—ngay trong vùng này, trên núi Kailāsa, Dhanada Kubera, Đấng ban của cải, được làm lễ quán đỉnh để nắm quyền tối thượng đối với Rākṣasa, Yakṣa và Gandharva. Và cũng về phương bắc là khu rừng Caitraratha mỹ lệ cùng ẩn thất của các hiền sĩ Vaikhānasa.

अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
Formindeclinable (locative adverb)
राक्षसof the demons (rakshasas)
राक्षस:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
यक्षाणाम्of the yakshas
यक्षाणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
गन्धर्वाणाम्of the gandharvas
गन्धर्वाणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formindeclinable (conjunction)
गालवO Galava
गालव:
TypeNoun
Rootगालव
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

युपर्ण उवाच

Y
Yūparṇa
G
Gālava
R
Rākṣasas
Y
Yakṣas
G
Gandharvas
D
Dhanada (Kubera)
M
Mount Kailāsa
C
Caitraratha-vana
V
Vaikhānasa Ṛṣis
N
Northern direction (Uttarā diś)

Educational Q&A

The passage emphasizes cosmic and social order: legitimate sovereignty is established through consecration (abhiṣeka), and even powerful non-human classes are placed under a recognized ruler (Kubera). It also links authority with sacred geography, suggesting that places like Kailāsa and Caitraratha embody an ordered, dharmic cosmos.

Yūparṇa addresses Gālava and points out a northern sacred region: on Mount Kailāsa, Kubera was installed as overlord of the Rākṣasas, Yakṣas, and Gandharvas; nearby are the famed Caitraratha grove and the hermitage of Vaikhānasa sages.