Mahabharata · 2.10.18–19
॥
Devanāgarī
एते चान्ये च बहवो यक्षाः शतसहस्रशः ॥
सदा भगवती च श्रीस् तथैव नलकूबरः ॥
अहं च बहुशस् तस्यां भवन्त्य् अन्ये च मद्विधाः ॥
आचार्याश् चाभवंस् तत्र तथा देवर्षयो ऽपरे ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ete cānye ca bahavo yakṣāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ||
sadā bhagavatī ca śrīs tathaiva nalakūbaraḥ ||
ahaṃ ca bahuśas tasyāṃ bhavanty anye ca madvidhāḥ ||
ācāryāś cābhavaṃs tatra tathā devarṣayo 'pare ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एते च अन्ये च बहवःete ca anye ca bahavaḥthese and many other
यक्षाः शत-सहस्रशःyakṣāḥ śata-sahasraśaḥyakshas by the hundreds of thousands,
सदा भगवती च श्रीःsadā bhagavatī ca śrīḥand always the mistress Shri,
तथा एव नलकूबरःtathā eva nalakūbaraḥas well as Nalakubara,
अहम् च बहुशः तस्याम्aham ca bahuśaḥ tasyāmand I myself often [dwell] there,
भवन्ति अन्ये च मत्-विधाःbhavanti anye ca mat-vidhāḥand others like me are there too;
आचार्याः च अभवन् तत्रācāryāḥ ca abhavan tatraand teachers have dwelt there,
तथा देव-ऋषयः अपरेtathā deva-ṛṣayaḥ apareand other divine seers;
चान्येcānyeoriginal form "cānye", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहवोbahavooriginal form "bahavo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शतसहस्रशःśatasahasraśaḥoriginal form "śatasahasraśaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्रीस्śrīsoriginal form "śrīs", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथैवtathaivaoriginal form "tathaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहंahaṃoriginal form "ahaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहुशस्bahuśasoriginal form "bahuśas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यांtasyāṃoriginal form "tasyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भवन्त्य्bhavantyoriginal form "bhavanty", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मद्विधाःmadvidhāḥoriginal form "madvidhāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आचार्याश्ācāryāśoriginal form "ācāryāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चाभवंस्cābhavaṃsoriginal form "cābhavaṃs", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
देवर्षयोdevarṣayooriginal form "devarṣayo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपरे'pareoriginal form "'pare", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
“These and many other yakshas by the hundreds of thousands, and always the mistress Shri, as well as Nalakubara; and I myself often [visit] there, and others like me come too; teachers have dwelt there, and other divine seers as well.”
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Here Shri — Fortune herself — always abides with the lord of riches. It is significant that Narada, the wanderer of the worlds, often visits here too: prosperity sanctified by dharma draws both wisdom and blessing to it. Thus the scripture shows that righteous wealth gathers goodness around itself; and what follows is the highest glory of this hall.