Mahabharata · 2.11.39–40
॥
Devanāgarī
तथा तैर् उपयातैश् च प्रतियातैश् च भारत ॥
आकुला सा सभा तात भवति स्म सुखप्रदा ॥
सर्वतेजोमयी दिव्या ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेविता ॥
ब्राह्म्या श्रिया दीप्यमाना शुशुभे विगतक्लमा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tathā tair upayātaiś ca pratiyātaiś ca bhārata ||
ākulā sā sabhā tāta bhavati sma sukhapradā ||
sarvatejomayī divyā brahmarṣigaṇasevitā ||
brāhmyā śriyā dīpyamānā śuśubhe vigataklamā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तथा तैः उपयातैः चtathā taiḥ upayātaiḥ caThus, by those coming
प्रतियातैः च भारतpratiyātaiḥ ca bhārataand going, O Bharata,
आकुला सा सभा तातākulā sā sabhā tātathat hall, dear one, becomes
भवति स्म सुख-प्रदाbhavati sma sukha-pradālively and bestows happiness;
सर्व-तेजः-मयी दिव्याsarva-tejaḥ-mayī divyāwholly made of light, divine,
ब्रह्म-ऋषि-गण-सेविताbrahma-ṛṣi-gaṇa-sevitāhonored by the hosts of brahmarshis,
ब्राह्म्या श्रिया दीप्यमानाbrāhmyā śriyā dīpyamānāshining with Brahma's splendor,
शुशुभे विगत-क्लमाśuśubhe vigata-klamāit blazed, unwearied;
तैर्tairoriginal form "tair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपयातैश्upayātaiśoriginal form "upayātaiś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रतियातैश्pratiyātaiśoriginal form "pratiyātaiś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुखप्रदाsukhapradāoriginal form "sukhapradā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वतेजोमयीsarvatejomayīoriginal form "sarvatejomayī", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेविताbrahmarṣigaṇasevitāoriginal form "brahmarṣigaṇasevitā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विगतक्लमाvigataklamāoriginal form "vigataklamā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Thus, with those coming and going, that hall, O Bharata, becomes lively and bestows happiness; wholly made of light, divine, honored by the hosts of brahmarshis, shining with Brahma's splendor, it blazed, unwearied."
Version
87f36f9588a7 · published Jul 16, 2026, 3:13:23 PM UTC
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Here the Creator's hall is full not of empty stillness but of the living gathering of beings. It is telling that the highest bliss is not solitude but communion in light: the joy of the celestial world lies in being-together, not in separateness. Thus the scripture reveals bliss as communion; and next Narada draws his conclusion.