Mahabharata · 2.6.11–12
॥
Devanāgarī
सभां तु पितृराजस्य वरुणस्य च धीमतः ॥
कथयिष्ये तथेन्द्रस्य कैलासनिलयस्य च ॥
ब्रह्मणश् च सभां दिव्यां कथयिष्ये गतक्लमाम् ॥
यदि ते श्रवणे बुद्धिर् वर्तते भरतर्षभ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sabhāṃ tu pitṛrājasya varuṇasya ca dhīmataḥ ||
kathayiṣye tathendrasya kailāsanilayasya ca ||
brahmaṇaś ca sabhāṃ divyāṃ kathayiṣye gataklamām ||
yadi te śravaṇe buddhir vartate bharatarṣabha ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सभाम् तु पितृ-राजस्यsabhām tu pitṛ-rājasya"But the hall of the king of the ancestors [Yama]
वरुणस्य च धीमतःvaruṇasya ca dhīmataḥand of wise Varuna,
कथयिष्ये तथा इन्द्रस्यkathayiṣye tathā indrasyaI shall tell, and also of Indra
कैलास-निलयस्य चkailāsa-nilayasya caand of the one who dwells on Kailasa [Kubera];
ब्रह्मणः च सभाम् दिव्याम्brahmaṇaḥ ca sabhām divyāmand the divine hall of Brahma
कथयिष्ये गत-क्लमाम्kathayiṣye gata-klamāmI shall tell, [where there is no] weariness,
यदि ते श्रवणे बुद्धिःyadi te śravaṇe buddhiḥif the desire to listen
वर्तते भरत-ऋषभvartate bharata-ṛṣabhais in you, O bull among the Bharatas."
सभांsabhāṃoriginal form "sabhāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितृराजस्यpitṛrājasyaoriginal form "pitṛrājasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथेन्द्रस्यtathendrasyaoriginal form "tathendrasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कैलासनिलयस्यkailāsanilayasyaoriginal form "kailāsanilayasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्रह्मणश्brahmaṇaśoriginal form "brahmaṇaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सभांsabhāṃoriginal form "sabhāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिव्यांdivyāṃoriginal form "divyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गतक्लमाम्gataklamāmoriginal form "gataklamām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बुद्धिर्buddhiroriginal form "buddhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भरतर्षभbharatarṣabhaoriginal form "bharatarṣabha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"But I shall tell of the hall of the king of the ancestors [Yama], and of wise Varuna, and also of Indra and of the one who dwells on Kailasa [Kubera]; and I shall tell of the divine hall of Brahma, where weariness is unknown — if you have the desire to listen, O bull among the Bharatas."
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Here the conversation raises the mind from an earthly palace to the abodes of the guardians of the world and to the hall of the Creator. It is significant that Narada asks consent to listen: higher knowledge is given only to one ready to receive it. Thus the scripture shows an ascent from the visible to the transcendent; and Yudhishthira gladly agrees.