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वरुणसभावर्णन (varuNasabhAvarNana)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Varuṇa-sabhā-varṇana(ṃ)]
(“description of the palace of Varuṇa”). § 268 (Lokapālas.). The sabhā of Varuṇa has been built by Viśvakarman in the water
it is of pure white, and in dimensions similar to those of Yama's. There Varuṇa is sitting (“holding the noose of dharma”, v. 369) with Vāruṇī
worshipped by the Ādityas, Nāgas, Daityas, and Dānavas (“free from death”, v. 369)
likewise the four oceans (v. 370)
the rivers, lakes, etc., in their corporeal forms (dehavantaḥ, v. 376)
the aquatic animals, troops of Gandharvas and Apsarases, and Sunābha, the minister of Varuṇa
he is surrounded by his sons and grandsons, and Go (Gonāman), and Pushkara (cf. Rām. VII, 23, 28) (II, 9).