Shloka 12

धनंजयस्य आश्वासनम्

Dhanaṃjaya’s Reassurance and the Opening Engagement

Devanagari script

अलनम्बुषोग्रसेनानां गन्धर्वस्य च तुम्बुरो: । यथामानं यथोद्देशं विमानानि चकाशिरे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

alambūṣograsenānāṃ gandharvasya ca tumburoḥ |

yathāmānaṃ yathoddeśaṃ vimānāni cakāśire ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Những cỗ xa giá trên không của các Gandharva—Alambūṣā và Ugrasena—và cả của Tumburu, vua Gandharva, đều rực sáng giữa trời, mỗi cỗ hiện ra theo đúng tầm vóc của mình và ở đúng miền đã được định. Cảnh ấy nhấn mạnh trật tự vũ trụ: ngay cả vẻ huy hoàng cũng được chi phối bởi kỷ luật và sự sắp đặt chính đáng, chứ không phải chỉ là phô trương.

Word by Word

• अलम्बुषा: of Alambushā
• अलम्बुषा: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलम्बुषा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• उग्रसेनानाम्: of (the) Ugrasenas
• उग्रसेनानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• गन्धर्वस्य: of the Gandharva
• गन्धर्वस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• तुम्बुरोः: of Tumburu
• तुम्बुरोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुम्बुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यथा: according as / just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• मानम्: measure, size
• मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: according as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उद्देशम्: place, region, direction
• उद्देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विमानानि: aerial cars, chariots (vimānas)
• विमानानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• चकाशिरे: shone, appeared radiant
• Type: Verb
• Root: काश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Alambūṣā
• Ugrasena
• Gandharva
• Tumburu
• Vimānas (celestial aerial chariots)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights order and propriety (yathā-mānam, yathoddeśam): even heavenly magnificence operates within measure and assigned place, implying that true grandeur aligns with discipline and rightful arrangement—an ethical echo of dharma as ordered conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a celestial spectacle: the vimānas of Gandharvas—Alambūṣā, Ugrasena, and the renowned Tumburu—appear shining in different regions of the sky, each according to its size and designated position.