The Assembly Hall of Indra

Verse 1 (2.7.1)

शक्रस्य तु सभा दिव्या भास्वरा कर्मनिर्मिता । स्वयं शक्रेण कौरव्य निर्जितार्कसमप्रभा ॥

śakrasya tu sabhā divyā bhāsvarā karmanirmitā | svayaṃ śakreṇa kauravya nirjitārkasamaprabhā

"Shakra's hall, O Kauravya, is divine and radiant. It was fashioned through his deeds and won by Shakra himself, and its splendour equals the sun's.

Verse 2 (2.7.2)

विस्तीर्णा योजनशतं शतमध्यर्धमायता । वैहायसी कामगमा पञ्चयोजनमुच्छ्रिता ॥

vistīrṇā yojanaśataṃ śatamadhyardhamāyatā | vaihāyasī kāmagamā pañcayojanamucchritā

It is a hundred yojanas wide and a hundred and fifty long. It rests in the sky, goes wherever it wishes, and rises five yojanas high.

Verse 3 (2.7.3)

जराशोकक्लमापेता निरातङ्का शिवा शुभा । वेश्मासनवती रम्या दिव्यपादपशोभिता ॥

jarāśokaklamāpetā nirātaṅkā śivā śubhā | veśmāsanavatī ramyā divyapādapaśobhitā

Free from old age, grief and weariness, free from fear, auspicious and fair, it is a lovely place, full of dwellings and seats and adorned with heavenly trees.

Verse 4 (2.7.4)

तस्यां देवेश्वरः पार्थ सभायां परमासने । आस्ते शच्या महेन्द्राण्या श्रिया लक्ष्म्या च भारत ॥

tasyāṃ deveśvaraḥ pārtha sabhāyāṃ paramāsane | āste śacyā mahendrāṇyā śriyā lakṣmyā ca bhārata

In that hall, O Partha, on a supreme throne, sits the lord of the gods with Shachi, his great queen, and with Shri and Lakshmi, O Bharata.

Verse 5 (2.7.5)

बिभ्रद्वपुरनिर्देश्यं किरीटी लोहिताङ्गदः । विरजोम्बरश्चित्रमाल्यो ह्रीकीर्तिद्युतिभिः सह ॥

bibhradvapuranirdeśyaṃ kirīṭī lohitāṅgadaḥ | virajombaraścitramālyo hrīkīrtidyutibhiḥ saha

His form is beyond description. He wears a crown and red armlets, spotless robes and bright garlands, and is accompanied by Modesty, Fame and Splendour.

Verse 6 (2.7.6)

तस्यामुपासते नित्यं महात्मानं शतक्रतुम् । मरुतः सर्वशो राजन्सर्वे च गृहमेधिनः ॥

tasyāmupāsate nityaṃ mahātmānaṃ śatakratum | marutaḥ sarvaśo rājansarve ca gṛhamedhinaḥ

There the Maruts, O king, in all their companies, and all the householders, constantly attend upon the great-souled Shatakratu,

Note on the text: From here to verse 30 the critical edition groups the half-lines differently (CE 2.7.6–25); ce_ref names the CE verse that holds this verse's first line.

Verse 7 (2.7.7)

सिद्धा देवर्षयश्चैव साध्या देवगणास्तथा । मरुत्वन्तश्च सहिता भास्वन्तो हेममालिनः ॥

siddhā devarṣayaścaiva sādhyā devagaṇāstathā | marutvantaśca sahitā bhāsvanto hemamālinaḥ

and so do the Siddhas and the divine sages, the Sadhyas and the hosts of gods, and the Marutvats together, radiant and wearing golden garlands.

Note on the text: Corrected मरुत्त्वन्तश्च → मरुत्वन्तश्च (misprint in Wikisource; doubled त्). The first line is the third line of CE 2.7.6; the second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 8 (2.7.8)

एते सानुचराः सर्वे दिव्यरूपाः स्वलङ्कृताः । उपासते महात्मानं देवराजमरिन्दमम् ॥

ete sānucarāḥ sarve divyarūpāḥ svalaṅkṛtāḥ | upāsate mahātmānaṃ devarājamarindamam

All these, with their followers, divine in form and finely adorned, attend upon the great-souled king of the gods, the tamer of foes.

Note on the text: Corrected महात्मान → महात्मानं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, as in the critical edition).

Verse 9 (2.7.9)

तथा देवर्षयः सर्वे पार्थ शक्रमुपासते । अमला धूतपाप्मानो दीप्यमाना इवाग्नयः ॥

tathā devarṣayaḥ sarve pārtha śakramupāsate | amalā dhūtapāpmāno dīpyamānā ivāgnayaḥ

So too all the divine sages attend upon Shakra, O Partha: stainless, their sins washed away, blazing like fires,

Note on the text: Corrected पार्ते → पार्थ (misprint in Wikisource). This verse is the first two lines of CE 2.7.8, which the automatic alignment missed.

Verse 10 (2.7.10)

तेजस्विनः सोमसुता विशोका विगतज्वराः । पराशरः पर्वतश्च तथा सावर्णिगालवौ ॥

tejasvinaḥ somasutā viśokā vigatajvarāḥ | parāśaraḥ parvataśca tathā sāvarṇigālavau

full of energy, pressers of the soma, free from grief and fever. Among them are Parashara and Parvata, Savarni and Galava,

Note on the text: Corrected सोमसुतो → सोमसुता (misprint in Wikisource; the word goes with the plural तेजस्विनः … विशोकाः, so the plural सोमसुताः is needed before वि-). The first line is the third line of CE 2.7.8, the second the first line of CE 2.7.9.

Verse 11 (2.7.11)

एकतश्च द्वितश्चैव त्रितश्चैव महामतिः । शङ्खश्च लिखितश्चैव तथा गौरशिरा मुनिः । दुर्वासाः क्रोधनः श्येनस्तथा दीर्घतमा मुनिः ॥

ekataśca dvitaścaiva tritaścaiva mahāmatiḥ | śaṅkhaśca likhitaścaiva tathā gauraśirā muniḥ | durvāsāḥ krodhanaḥ śyenastathā dīrghatamā muniḥ

Ekata, Dvita and the wise Trita; Shankha and Likhita, and the sage Gaurashiras; Durvasas, Krodhana, Shyena, and the sage Dirghatamas;

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') around the first line, which is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). The second line is the second line of CE 2.7.9; the third answers loosely to the opening of CE 2.7.10 (durvāsāś ca dīrghatapā).

Verse 12 (2.7.12)

पवित्रपाणिः सावर्णिर्याज्ञवल्क्योऽथ भालुकिः । उद्दालकः श्वेतकेतुस्ताण्डो भाण्डायनिस्तथा ॥

pavitrapāṇiḥ sāvarṇiryājñavalkyo'tha bhālukiḥ | uddālakaḥ śvetaketustāṇḍo bhāṇḍāyanistathā

Pavitrapani, Savarni, Yajnavalkya and Bhaluki; Uddalaka, Shvetaketu, Tanda and Bhandayani;

Verse 13 (2.7.13)

हविष्मांश्च गरिष्ठश्च हरिश्चन्द्रश्च पार्थिवः । हृद्यश्चोदरशाण्डिल्यः पाराशर्यः कृषीवलः ॥

haviṣmāṃśca gariṣṭhaśca hariścandraśca pārthivaḥ | hṛdyaścodaraśāṇḍilyaḥ pārāśaryaḥ kṛṣīvalaḥ

Havishman, Garishtha and King Harishchandra; Hridya, Udarashandilya, Parasharya and Krishivala;

Verse 14 (2.7.14)

वातस्कन्धो विशाखश्च विधाता काल एव च । करालदन्तस्त्वष्टा च विश्वकर्मा च तुम्बुरुः ॥

vātaskandho viśākhaśca vidhātā kāla eva ca | karāladantastvaṣṭā ca viśvakarmā ca tumburuḥ

Vataskandha and Vishakha, Vidhata and Kala; Karaladanta, Tvashta, Vishvakarma and Tumburu.

Verse 15 (2.7.15)

अयोनिजा योनिजाश्च वायुभक्षा हुताशिनः । ईशानं सर्वलोकस्य वज्रिणं समुपासते ॥

ayonijā yonijāśca vāyubhakṣā hutāśinaḥ | īśānaṃ sarvalokasya vajriṇaṃ samupāsate

Sages not born of a womb and sages born of one, some living on air and some eating only what is offered in the fire, all attend upon the wielder of the thunderbolt, lord of the whole world.

Verse 16 (2.7.16)

सहदेवः सुनीथश्च वाल्मीकिश्च महातपाः । समीकः सत्यवाक्चैव प्रचेताः सत्यसङ्गरः ॥

sahadevaḥ sunīthaśca vālmīkiśca mahātapāḥ | samīkaḥ satyavākcaiva pracetāḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ

Sahadeva, Sunitha, and Valmiki of great austerity; Samika, Satyavak, and Pracetas, true to his word;

Verse 17 (2.7.17)

मेधातिथिर्वामदेवः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । मरुत्तश्च मरीचिश्च स्थाणुश्चात्र महातपाः ॥

medhātithirvāmadevaḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | maruttaśca marīciśca sthāṇuścātra mahātapāḥ

Medhatithi, Vamadeva, Pulastya, Pulaha and Kratu, Marutta and Marichi; and Sthanu of great austerity is there too;

Verse 18 (2.7.18)

कक्षीवान्गौतमस्तार्क्ष्यस्तथा वैश्वानरो मुनिः । मुनिः कालकवृक्षीय आश्राव्योऽथ हिरण्मयः ॥

kakṣīvāngautamastārkṣyastathā vaiśvānaro muniḥ | muniḥ kālakavṛkṣīya āśrāvyo'tha hiraṇmayaḥ

Kakshivan, Gautama, Tarkshya and the sage Vaishvanara; the sage Kalakavrikshiya, Ashravya and Hiranmaya;

Verse 19 (2.7.19)

संवर्तो देवहव्यश्च विष्वक्सेनश्च वीर्यवान् । दिव्या आपस्तथौषध्यः श्रद्धा मेधा सरस्वती ॥

saṃvarto devahavyaśca viṣvaksenaśca vīryavān | divyā āpastathauṣadhyaḥ śraddhā medhā sarasvatī

Samvarta, Devahavya and mighty Vishvaksena; the divine Waters and the Plants, Faith, Wisdom and Sarasvati;

Verse 20 (2.7.20)

अर्थो धर्मश्च कामश्च विद्युतश्चैव पाण्डव । जलवाहास्तथा मेघा वायवः स्तनयित्नवः ॥

artho dharmaśca kāmaśca vidyutaścaiva pāṇḍava | jalavāhāstathā meghā vāyavaḥ stanayitnavaḥ

Wealth, Dharma and Desire, and the lightnings, O Pandava; the rain-bearing clouds, the winds and the thunders;

Verse 21 (2.7.21)

प्राचीदिग्यज्ञवाहाश्च पावकाः सप्तविंशतिः । अग्नीषोमौ तथेन्द्राग्नी मित्रश्च सविताऽर्यमा ॥

prācīdigyajñavāhāśca pāvakāḥ saptaviṃśatiḥ | agnīṣomau tathendrāgnī mitraśca savitā'ryamā

the eastern quarter, and the twenty-seven fires that carry the sacrifice; Agni and Soma, Indra and Agni, Mitra, Savitri and Aryaman;

Verse 22 (2.7.22)

भगो विश्वे च साध्याश्च गुरुः शुक्रस्तथैव च । विश्वावसुश्चित्रसेनः सुमनस्तरुणस्तथा ॥

bhago viśve ca sādhyāśca guruḥ śukrastathaiva ca | viśvāvasuścitrasenaḥ sumanastaruṇastathā

Bhaga, the Vishvedevas and the Sadhyas, Guru Brihaspati and Shukra; Vishvavasu, Chitrasena, Sumanas and Taruna;

Note on the text: Corrected भगो विश्वे साध्याश्च → भगो विश्वे च साध्याश्च (a dropped च leaves the pada a syllable short; the critical edition reads bhago viśve ca sādhyāś ca). The second line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 23 (2.7.23)

यज्ञाश्च दक्षिणाश्चैवं ग्रहास्तोभाश्च भारत । यज्ञवाहाश्च ये मन्त्राः सर्वे तत्र समासते ॥

yajñāśca dakṣiṇāścaivaṃ grahāstobhāśca bhārata | yajñavāhāśca ye mantrāḥ sarve tatra samāsate

the sacrifices and the priests' fees, the soma cups and the chanted syllables, O Bharata, and the mantras that carry the sacrifice: all of these are present there.

Verse 24 (2.7.24)

तथैवाप्सरसो राजन् रम्भोर्वश्यथ मेनका । घृताची पञ्चचूडा च विप्रचित्तिपुरोगमाः ॥

tathaivāpsaraso rājan rambhorvaśyatha menakā | ghṛtācī pañcacūḍā ca vipracittipurogamāḥ

So too the Apsarases, O king, Rambha, Urvashi and Menaka, Ghritachi and Panchachuda, with Viprachitti foremost among them,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`) that opens a passage running into the next verse. Only "तथैवाप्सरसो राजन्" is in the critical edition (CE 2.7.21, line 1); the names of the Apsarases are not (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 25 (2.7.25)

विद्याधराश्च राजेन्द्र गन्धर्वाश्च मनोरमाः । नृत्यवादित्रगीतैश्च हास्यैश्च विविधैरपि ॥

vidyādharāśca rājendra gandharvāśca manoramāḥ | nṛtyavāditragītaiśca hāsyaiśca vividhairapi

the Vidyadharas, O lord of kings, and the charming Gandharvas, with dance, instrumental music and song, and with laughter of many kinds,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark ('). "विद्याधराश्च राजेन्द्र" closes the passage not found in the critical edition; the rest is CE 2.7.21, lines 1–2.

Verse 26 (2.7.26)

रमयन्ति स्म नृपते देवराजं शतक्रतुम् । स्तुतिभिर्मङ्गलैश्चैव स्तुवन्तः कर्मभिस्तथा ॥

ramayanti sma nṛpate devarājaṃ śatakratum | stutibhirmaṅgalaiścaiva stuvantaḥ karmabhistathā

delight Shatakratu, king of the gods, O lord of men. With hymns and words of blessing they praise him for his deeds

Note on the text: Corrected वस्तुवन्तः → स्तुवन्तः (misprint in Wikisource; the stray व makes the pada a syllable too long; the critical edition reads stuvantaḥ).

Verse 27 (2.7.27)

विक्रमैश्च महात्मानं बलवृत्रनिषूदनम् । ब्रह्मराजर्षयश्चैव सर्वे देवर्षयस्तथा ॥

vikramaiśca mahātmānaṃ balavṛtraniṣūdanam | brahmarājarṣayaścaiva sarve devarṣayastathā

and his feats of valour, the great-souled slayer of Bala and Vritra. The brahmin sages and royal sages, and all the divine sages,

Verse 28 (2.7.28)

विमानैर्विविधैर्दिव्यैर्दीप्यमाना इवाग्नयः । स्रग्विणो भूषिताः सर्वे यान्ति चायान्ति चापरे ॥

vimānairvividhairdivyairdīpyamānā ivāgnayaḥ | sragviṇo bhūṣitāḥ sarve yānti cāyānti cāpare

blazing like fires in their many divine chariots, all garlanded and adorned, keep coming and going, some arriving as others depart.

Verse 29 (2.7.29)

बृहस्पतिश्च शुक्रश्च नित्यमास्तां हि तत्र वै । एते चान्ये च बहवो महात्मानो यतव्रताः ॥

bṛhaspatiśca śukraśca nityamāstāṃ hi tatra vai | ete cānye ca bahavo mahātmāno yatavratāḥ

Brihaspati and Shukra are always present there. These and many other great-souled beings, firm in their vows,

Verse 30 (2.7.30)

विमानैश्चन्द्रसङ्काशैः सोमवत्प्रियदर्शनाः । ब्रह्मणो वचनाद्राजन्भृगुः सप्तर्षयस्तथा ॥

vimānaiścandrasaṅkāśaiḥ somavatpriyadarśanāḥ | brahmaṇo vacanādrājanbhṛguḥ saptarṣayastathā

lovely to behold as the moon, come in chariots bright as the moon; and at Brahma's bidding, O king, Bhrigu and the Seven Sages come as well.

Verse 31 (2.7.31)

एषा सभा मया राजन्दृष्टा पुष्करमालिनी । शतक्रतोर्महाबाहो याम्यामपि सभां शृणु ॥

eṣā sabhā mayā rājandṛṣṭā puṣkaramālinī | śatakratormahābāho yāmyāmapi sabhāṃ śṛṇu

This is the hall of Shatakratu, named Pushkaramalini, "Garlanded with Lotuses", that I have seen, O mighty-armed king. Hear now of Yama's hall as well."