Mahabharata · 2.11.10–11
॥
Devanāgarī
सुसुखा सा सभा राजन् न शीता न च घर्मदा ॥
न क्षुत्पिपासे न ग्लानिं प्राप्य तां प्राप्नुवन्त्य् उत ॥
नानारूपैर् इव कृता सुविचित्रैः सुभास्वरैः ॥
स्तम्भैर् न च धृता सा तु शाश्वती न च सा क्षरा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
susukhā sā sabhā rājan na śītā na ca gharmadā ||
na kṣutpipāse na glāniṃ prāpya tāṃ prāpnuvanty uta ||
nānārūpair iva kṛtā suvicitraiḥ subhāsvaraiḥ ||
stambhair na ca dhṛtā sā tu śāśvatī na ca sā kṣarā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सु-सुखा सा सभा राजन्su-sukhā sā sabhā rājanmost blissful is that hall, O king,
न शीता न च घर्म-दाna śītā na ca gharma-dāneither cold nor bringing heat;
न क्षुत्-पिपासे न ग्लानिम्na kṣut-pipāse na glānimneither hunger and thirst, nor weariness
प्राप्य ताम् प्राप्नुवन्ति उतprāpya tām prāpnuvanti utado those who reach it experience;
नाना-रूपैः इव कृताnānā-rūpaiḥ iva kṛtāas if made of manifold forms,
सु-विचित्रैः सु-भास्वरैःsu-vicitraiḥ su-bhāsvaraiḥmost wondrous, most radiant;
स्तम्भैः न च धृता सा तुstambhaiḥ na ca dhṛtā sā tuand it is not held up by pillars,
शाश्वती न च सा क्षराśāśvatī na ca sā kṣarāeternal, and not subject to decay;
सुसुखाsusukhāoriginal form "susukhā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
घर्मदाgharmadāoriginal form "gharmadā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षुत्पिपासेkṣutpipāseoriginal form "kṣutpipāse", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ग्लानिंglāniṃoriginal form "glāniṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तांtāṃoriginal form "tāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्राप्नुवन्त्य्prāpnuvantyoriginal form "prāpnuvanty", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नानारूपैर्nānārūpairoriginal form "nānārūpair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुविचित्रैःsuvicitraiḥoriginal form "suvicitraiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुभास्वरैःsubhāsvaraiḥoriginal form "subhāsvaraiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्तम्भैर्stambhairoriginal form "stambhair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Most blissful is that hall, O king, neither cold nor hot; those who reach it feel neither hunger, nor thirst, nor weariness; it seems made of manifold forms, most wondrous and most radiant; not held up by pillars, eternal and imperishable."
Version
20d1b51f361b · published Jul 16, 2026, 3:13:23 PM UTC
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Here the Creator's hall is "not held up by pillars" and "imperishable." It is telling that the supreme abode needs no support from outside: it stands by itself, for it partakes of the eternal. So the text reveals the self-existence of the divine, dependent on nothing; and next comes its light.