02.010
Library: Description of Vaishravana’s assembly.
Nārada said.
O king, the assembly hall of Vaiśravaṇa measures one hundred yojanas in length and seventy yojanas in breadth, and shines with a white radiance. (2-10-1)
O king, she, created by Vaiśravaṇa himself through austerity, shone with the brightness of the moon among the celestial beings, resembling the peak of Kailāsa. (2-10-2)
She, carried by the Guhyakas, appears as if suspended in the sky, adorned with tall, divine golden trees. (2-10-3)
It appears as if it is floating, possessing rays, shining, with a divine fragrance, pleasing, and having the form of a white cloud peak. (2-10-4)
There, King Vaiśravaṇa, resplendent in diverse ornaments and garments, surrounded by a thousand women, sits in prosperity with radiant earrings. (2-10-5)
He was seated on the supreme seat, which resembled the sun, was auspicious, covered with a divine cloth, and had a divine foot-rest. (2-10-6)
The pure wind, having taken the scents of the fragrant forests of mandāra and other excellent trees and of saugandhika flowers, (blew). (2-10-7)
The wind, which delights the mind and heart, serves that region of the lotus pond, of the city called Ālakā, of the sandalwood trees, and of the forest. (2-10-8)
O Bhārata, there the gods, along with the Gandharvas and surrounded by groups of Apsarases, sing divine songs with celestial music. (2-10-9)
Miśrakeśī, Rambhā, Citrasenā, Śucismitā, Cārunetrā, Ghṛtācī, Menakā, and Puñjikasthalā were present. (2-10-10)
Viśvācī, Sahajanyā, Pramlocā, Urvaśī, Irā, Vargā, Saurabheyī, Samīcī, Budbudā, and Latā are (named as) celestial nymphs. (2-10-11)
O Pāṇḍava, thousands of other groups of Apsarases, skilled in dance and song, attend upon Dhanada (Kubera). (2-10-12)
That assembly constantly resounds with divine instruments, dances, and songs; it is never empty, splendidly shining with groups of Gandharvas and Apsarases. (2-10-13)
There are beings called Kiṁnaras, Gandharvas, and others called men; Maṇibhadra, Dhanada, Śvetabhadra, and Guhyaka are also present. (2-10-14)
Kaśeraka, Gaṇḍakaṇḍu, Pradyota, the mighty Mahābala, Kustumburu, Piśāca, Gajakarṇa, and Viśālaka. (2-10-15)
Vibhīṣaṇa, who had boar-like ears, thick lips, ate fruit, drank fruit juice, had a crest on his limb, wore a topknot, and had golden eyes. (2-10-16)
O Bhārata, those with faces like flowers, tawny-colored, blood-drinking, coral-colored, dwelling in trees, and clad in bark. (2-10-17)
These, along with many other yakṣas numbering in the hundreds of thousands, as well as the divine goddess Śrī and Nalakūbara, are always present. (2-10-18)
I, as well as many others like me, are born there repeatedly; teachers and also divine sages likewise appeared there. (2-10-19)
The glorious Lord, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of beings, is Umā's husband, the lord of all creatures, the wielder of the trident, and the destroyer of Bhaga's eye. (2-10-20)
The three-eyed one, the tiger among kings, and the goddess, free from fatigue, are accompanied by dwarfs, monstrous beings, hunchbacks, those with wounded eyes, and those as swift as the mind. (2-10-21)
The king, always surrounded by his companions and Kubera, is encircled by foods of flesh, fat, and marrow, by terrifying sounds and sights, and by various dreadful weapons, like winds of great speed. (2-10-22)
O king, I have seen such an assembly reaching the sky; I shall narrate to you the assembly of the grandsire, O king, free from fatigue. (2-10-23)
