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Mahabharata
Lokapāla-sabhākhyāna (Brahmā's Assembly and the Plan for the Rājasūya)2.11.43–45
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Mahabharata · 2.11.43–45
॥
Devanāgarī

युधिष्ठिर उवाच
प्रायशो राजलोकस् ते कथितो वदतां वर ॥
वैवस्वतसभायां तु यथा वदसि वै प्रभो ॥
वरुणस्य सभायां तु नागास् ते कथिता विभो ॥
दैत्येन्द्राश् चैव भूयिष्ठाः सरितः सागरास् तथा ॥
तथा धनपतेर् यक्षा गुह्यका राक्षसास् तथा ॥
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश् चैव भगवांश् च वृषध्वजः ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
prāyaśo rājalokas te kathito vadatāṃ vara ||
vaivasvatasabhāyāṃ tu yathā vadasi vai prabho ||
varuṇasya sabhāyāṃ tu nāgās te kathitā vibho ||
daityendrāś caiva bhūyiṣṭhāḥ saritaḥ sāgarās tathā ||
tathā dhanapater yakṣā guhyakā rākṣasās tathā ||
gandharvāpsarasaś caiva bhagavāṃś ca vṛṣadhvajaḥ ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
प्रायशः राज-लोकः तेprāyaśaḥ rāja-lokaḥ teFor the most part, the world of kings, by you
कथितः वदताम् वरkathitaḥ vadatām varahas been told, O best of speakers,
वैवस्वत-सभायाम् तुvaivasvata-sabhāyām tu[as dwelling] in the hall of Vaivasvata,
यथा वदसि वै प्रभोyathā vadasi vai prabhoas you say, O lord;
वरुणस्य सभायाम् तुvaruṇasya sabhāyām tuand in the hall of Varuna
नागाः ते कथिताः विभोnāgāḥ te kathitāḥ vibhothe nagas have been told by you, O lord,
दैत्य-इन्द्राः च एव भूयिष्ठाःdaitya-indrāḥ ca eva bhūyiṣṭhāḥand the lords of the daityas in multitude,
सरितः सागराः तथाsaritaḥ sāgarāḥ tathārivers and oceans;
तथा धन-पतेः यक्षाःtathā dhana-pateḥ yakṣāḥthus at the lord of riches' [Kubera's], the yakshas,
गुह्यकाः राक्षसाः तथाguhyakāḥ rākṣasāḥ tathāguhyakas, rakshasas,
गन्धर्व-अप्सरसः च एवgandharva-apsarasaḥ ca evagandharvas and apsaras,
भगवान् च वृष-ध्वजःbhagavān ca vṛṣa-dhvajaḥand the Lord whose banner is the bull [Shiva];
युधिष्ठिरyudhiṣṭhiraoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhira", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रायशोprāyaśooriginal form "prāyaśo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजलोकस्rājalokasoriginal form "rājalokas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कथितोkathitooriginal form "kathito", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वदतांvadatāṃoriginal form "vadatāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैवस्वतसभायांvaivasvatasabhāyāṃoriginal form "vaivasvatasabhāyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सभायांsabhāyāṃoriginal form "sabhāyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नागास्nāgāsoriginal form "nāgās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कथिताkathitāoriginal form "kathitā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दैत्येन्द्राश्daityendrāśoriginal form "daityendrāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सागरास्sāgarāsoriginal form "sāgarās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धनपतेर्dhanapateroriginal form "dhanapater", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यक्षाyakṣāoriginal form "yakṣā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गुह्यकाguhyakāoriginal form "guhyakā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राक्षसास्rākṣasāsoriginal form "rākṣasās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्gandharvāpsarasaśoriginal form "gandharvāpsarasaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भगवांश्bhagavāṃśoriginal form "bhagavāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वृषध्वजःvṛṣadhvajaḥoriginal form "vṛṣadhvajaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation

Yudhishthira said: "For the most part you have told, O best of speakers, of the world of kings in the hall of Vaivasvata; in the hall of Varuna you have told of the nagas, O lord, and of the multitude of lords of the daityas, of rivers and oceans; and likewise, at the lord of riches, of the yakshas, guhyakas, rakshasas, gandharvas and apsaras, and of the Lord whose banner is the bull [Shiva]."

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