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Shloka 28

Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)

देवदानवसिद्धानां तथा वैश्रवणस्य च । गिरे: शिखरमूद्यानमिदं भरतसत्तम,भरतश्रेष्ठ! पर्वतका यह शिखर देवताओं, दानवों, सिद्धों तथा कुबेरका क्रीड़ा-कानन है

devadānavasiddhānāṁ tathā vaiśravaṇasya ca | gireḥ śikharam udyānam idaṁ bharatasattama ||

Vị hiền triết nói: “Hỡi bậc ưu tú nhất trong dòng Bharata, khu vườn trên đỉnh núi này là lâm viên du ngoạn của chư thiên, các Dānava, các Siddha, và cả của Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) nữa.”

देवof the gods
देव:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
दानवof the demons (Danavas)
दानव:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदानव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सिद्धानाम्of the Siddhas
सिद्धानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तथाand also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
वैश्रवणस्यof Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
वैश्रवणस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्रवण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गिरेःof the mountain
गिरेः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
शिखरम्peak, summit
शिखरम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिखर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उद्यानम्garden, pleasure-grove
उद्यानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउद्यान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भरतसत्तमO best of the Bharatas
भरतसत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-सत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

आर्शिषिण उवाच

देव (Devas)
दानव (Dānavas)
सिद्ध (Siddhas)
वैश्रवण / कुबेर (Vaiśravaṇa / Kubera)
गिरि (mountain)
शिखर-उद्यान (summit-garden)

Educational Q&A

Places associated with divine or perfected beings are to be approached with reverence and self-restraint; the verse signals that the setting is not ordinary terrain but a sanctified pleasure-grove tied to celestial powers.

A sage identifies and describes a mountain-top garden, telling a Bharata hero that it is a shared pleasure-grove of gods, Dānavas, Siddhas, and Kubera—thereby elevating the significance of the location the characters are encountering.