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Shloka 61

Pitāmaha-sabhā-varṇana & Hariścandra-māhātmya

Description of Brahmā’s Assembly and the Eminence of Hariścandra

सा सभा तादृशी दृष्टा मया लोकेषु दुर्लभा । सभेयं राजशार्दूल मनुष्येषु यथा तव,नृपश्रेष्ठ वह सभा सम्पूर्ण तेजसे सम्पन्न, दिव्य तथा ब्रह्मर्षियोंक समुदायसे सेवित और पापरहित एवं ब्राह्मी श्रीसे उद्भधासित और सुशोभित होती रहती है। वैसी उस सभाका मैंने दर्शन किया है। जैसे मनुष्यलोकमें तुम्हारी यह सभा दुर्लभ है, वैसे ही सम्पूर्ण लोकोंमें ब्रह्माजीकी सभा परम दुर्लभ है

sā sabhā tādṛśī dṛṣṭā mayā lokeṣu durlabhā | sabheyaṃ rājaśārdūla manuṣyeṣu yathā tava ||

“我曾见过那样的 सभा——在诸世界中实属罕见。噢,王中之虎,正如你的殿堂在人间难得一遇,梵天的 सभा 亦在整个宇宙中极其稀有。那神圣的殿堂,光辉圆满,为众多梵仙所侍奉,离罪垢而清净,以梵天之威严圣辉而灿然,恒以自身荣耀而照耀——此即我所亲见之 सभा。”

साthat (she/that)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सभाassembly, hall
सभा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसभा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तादृशीsuch, of that kind
तादृशी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतादृश
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दृष्टाseen
दृष्टा:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
लोकेषुin the worlds
लोकेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
दुर्लभाrare, hard to obtain
दुर्लभा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्लभ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सभेO (one) of the assembly / O king (address)
सभे:
TypeNoun
Rootसभा
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
इयम्this
इयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
राजशार्दूलO tiger among kings
राजशार्दूल:
TypeNoun
Rootराजशार्दूल
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मनुष्येषुamong men / in humans
मनुष्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
तवof you, your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
B
Brahmā
B
brahmarṣis
T
the royal sabhā (assembly hall)

Educational Q&A

True greatness is measured not merely by wealth or architecture but by purity, spiritual radiance, and the company it attracts. An assembly that is ‘pāparahita’ (free from sin) and honored by sages is portrayed as approaching the dignity of divine realms.

Nārada describes having seen an extraordinary, divinely radiant assembly (associated with Brahmā) and uses it as a cosmic comparison to praise the king’s own sabhā, declaring that just as the king’s hall is rare among humans, Brahmā’s hall is rare among all worlds.