Shloka 24

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

श्वेतद्वीपं समासाद्य येन दृष्ट: स्वयं हरि: । देवप्रसादानुगतं व्यक्त तत्‌ तस्य दर्शनम्‌

Transliteration

Śvetadvīpaṃ samāsādya yena dṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃ Hariḥ | devaprasādānugataṃ vyaktaṃ tat tasya darśanam ||

Translation

قال جاناميجايا: «لَمّا بَلَغَ شْفِيتَدْوِيبَا، رآهُ هَرِيٌّ نفسُهُ عِيانًا—فَتَجَلَّتْ رُؤْيَتُهُ لِلرَّبِّ جَلِيَّةً، نَاشِئَةً بِفَضْلِ الآلِهَةِ وَنِعْمَتِهِمْ».

Word by Word

• श्वेतद्वीपम्: to Śvetadvīpa (the White Island)
• श्वेतद्वीपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतद्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having reached/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टः: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: personally, himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवप्रसादानुगतम्: accompanied by divine grace
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवप्रसाद-अनुगत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यक्तम्: manifest, evident
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• दर्शनम्: vision, sight
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Śvetadvīpa
• Hari (Viṣṇu)