Shloka 6

धनंजयस्य आश्वासनम्

Dhanaṃjaya’s Reassurance and the Opening Engagement

Devanagari script

शतं शतसहस्राणां यत्र स्थूणा हिरण्मयी । मणिरत्नमयी चान्या प्रासादं तदधारयत्‌

Transliteration

śataṁ śata-sahasrāṇāṁ yatra sthūṇā hiraṇmayī | maṇi-ratna-mayī cānyā prāsādaṁ tad adhārayat ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Ở đó hiện ra một cung điện lộng lẫy, được nâng đỡ bởi vô số cột trụ—có cột bằng vàng, có cột khảm ngọc và châu báu—khiến toàn thể kiến trúc như được chống đỡ bởi của cải và tay nghề thần diệu, gợi lên vẻ huy hoàng gắn với cõi trời của Indra.”

Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• शतसहस्राणाम्: of hundreds of thousands
• शतसहस्राणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• स्थूणाः: pillars
• स्थूणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थूणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• हिरण्मय्यः: golden
• हिरण्मय्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मयी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मणिरत्नमयी: made of gems and jewels
• मणिरत्नमयी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मणिरत्नमयी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अन्या: another (set/one)
• अन्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रासादम्: palace/mansion
• प्रासादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अधारयत्: supported/held up
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• prāsāda (palace)
• sthūṇāḥ (pillars/columns)
• hiraṇya (gold)
• maṇi (gems)
• ratna (precious stones)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse primarily serves descriptive (kāvya-like) narration rather than direct moral instruction; it highlights how worldly and even celestial magnificence is constructed from material splendour, implicitly contrasting external grandeur with the inner virtues that the epic elsewhere upholds as true dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a magnificent palace or celestial-like structure, emphasizing its innumerable supporting pillars—some golden and others made of gems and precious stones—creating an atmosphere of extraordinary, Indra-like opulence.