Narada describes Brahma's celestial sabha to Yudhishthira

Yudhishthira had asked about the assemblies of the gods. Narada began with the highest: the sabha of the self-creating Brahma, the grandfather of all worlds. Long ago, the god Aditya (the sun) had descended to earth and described it to Narada. Hearing of this celestial, immeasurable sabha that delighted all beings with its lustre, Narada wished to see it himself. He asked Aditya what austerities or powers of maya (illusion) would allow it. The illustrious Surya took him there. It was not possible to describe its form. From one moment to the next, it took on an indescribable shape. Narada did not know its dimensions. He had never seen such beauty. The sabha contributed only to pleasure — neither hot nor cold. Upon entering, hunger, thirst, and all fatigue disappeared. It was not supported by pillars. It did not decay. It was eternal. Its own radiance surpassed that of the moon, the sun, and the crest of fire. Its light lit up the sun itself from the rafters of the firmament. There sat the illustrious supreme god. Through his maya, he alone constantly created all beings. And arrayed before him, in embodied form, was the entirety of creation, come to worship. Narada listed them: the great sages like Daksha, Pulastya, and Vasishtha. The elements — mind, sky, wind, water, earth. The senses — sound, touch, form, taste, smell. The root cause of creation. The moon, the sun, the seasons. Abstract principles — artha (prosperity), dharma (righteousness), kama (desire), bliss, hatred, austerities. The gandharvas and apsaras went there. All the planets and constellations. All the Vedas and sacred texts — the Rig, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva Vedas, the histories, the minor Vedas, the Vedangas — all stood there in embodied form. So did the seven kinds of speech, understanding, wisdom, intelligence, and fame. Time itself was present: kshana, lava, muhurta, day, night, months, seasons, years, and the great yugas. The divine wheel of time, eternal and indestructible, was there. The mothers of the gods — Aditi, Diti, Danu. All classes of beings — gods, Vasus, Rudras, Ashvins, Sadhyas, ancestors swift as thought, rakshasas, pishachas, danavas, birds, serpents, animals. Those born from wombs and those born without. Eighty thousand rishis who had controlled their seed and fifty thousand who had offspring — Narada saw them all go there. They would worship Brahma by lowering their heads and return as they had come. The self-creator, infinitely radiant and merciful, received their homage. He treated each as they deserved — gods, demons, sages, yakshas — with calm words, honour, riches, and pleasure. That pleasure-giving sabha was always agitated with comings and goings, filled with every form of divine energy, served by masses of brahmarshis. It was the dispeller of fatigue. Narada concluded: just as Yudhishthira’s sabha was unmatched among men, Brahma’s sabha was supreme among all the worlds he had seen.