Shloka 20
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
प्राच्यां नारायणस्थानं मेरावतिविराजते । यत्र भूतेश्वरस्तात सर्वप्रकृतिरात्मभू:
prācyāṃ nārāyaṇasthānaṃ merāvatīvirājate | yatra bhūteśvaras tāta sarvaprakṛtir ātmabhūḥ ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— পূব দিশত নাৰায়ণৰ পবিত্ৰ স্থান মেরাৱতীৰ সৈতে অতি শোভাময়ভাৱে দীপ্যমান। তাত, প্ৰিয়, সৰ্বভূতৰ ঈশ্বৰ—স্বয়ম্ভূ, সৰ্বপ্ৰকৃতিৰ মূল আধাৰ—বিৰাজ কৰে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames sacred space as a manifestation of the supreme: Nārāyaṇa is presented as the luminous center where the Lord of beings abides as the self-existent source underlying all prakṛti (nature).
Vaiśampāyana describes a revered eastern holy locus—Nārāyaṇa’s abode—highlighting its splendor and identifying the divine presence there as the ruler of all beings and the primordial ground of existence.