Shloka 10

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

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

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.

Translation

此处啊，伽罗婆——正是你，伽罗婆！——就在这片地域，在凯拉萨山上，赐财者俱毗罗（Dhanada Kubera）受灌顶加冕，以统御罗刹、夜叉与乾闼婆。北方亦有悦目的采特罗罗他林（Caitraratha）与毗迦那娑（Vaikhānasa）仙人的住处。

Word by Word

अत्रhere

राक्षसof the demons (rakshasas)

यक्षाणाम्of the yakshas

गन्धर्वाणाम्of the gandharvas

चand

गालवO Galava

Speaker

युपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yūparṇa

Gālava

Rākṣasas

Yakṣas

Gandharvas

Dhanada (Kubera)

Mount Kailāsa

Caitraratha-vana

Vaikhānasa Ṛṣis

Northern direction (Uttarā diś)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.