Shloka 118

Devanagari script

ये त्वन्ये ब्रह्मसदने सिद्धसंघा: समागता: । तेभ्यस्तच्छावयामास पुराणं वेदसम्मितम्‌,ब्रह्मलोकमें ब्रह्माजीके अलावा जो दूसरे-दूसरे सिद्धसमुदाय निवास करते हैं, उनके लिये नारदजीने यह वेदतुल्य पुरातन पांचरात्र सुनाया था

Transliteration

ye tv anye brahmasadane siddhasaṅghāḥ samāgatāḥ | tebhyaḥ tac chāvayāmāsa purāṇaṁ vedasammitam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Und jene anderen Versammlungen vollendeter Wesen, die sich im himmlischen Hof Brahmās eingefunden hatten—Nārada trug ihnen jenes uralte Purāṇa vor, das an Autorität dem Veda gleichgeachtet wird.“

Word by Word

येwho (those)

तुbut/indeed

अन्येother

ब्रह्मसदनेin Brahmā's abode (Brahmaloka)

सिद्धसंघाःassemblies/groups of Siddhas

समागताःassembled/come together

तेभ्यःto them

तत्that (it)

श्रावयामासcaused to hear / recited to

पुराणम्the Purāṇa/ancient lore

वेदसम्मितम्equal to/commensurate with the Veda

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Brahmā

Brahmaloka (Brahmā’s abode)

Siddhas (siddhasaṅghāḥ)

Nārada

Purāṇa (veda-sammitam)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the legitimacy of an ancient sacred tradition by describing it as “veda-sammitam”—on par with, and consistent with, Vedic authority—thereby framing its transmission as dharmically authoritative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that in Brahmā’s celestial assembly, hosts of Siddhas gathered, and Nārada recited to them an ancient Purāṇa regarded as Veda-equivalent, emphasizing a formal, exalted setting for the teaching’s dissemination.