Shloka 28

Durgātitaraṇa—Conduct for Crossing Difficulties (दुर्गातितरणम्)

Devanagari script

य एनं संश्रयन्तीह भक्ता नारायणं हरिम्‌ । ते तरन्तीह दुर्गाणि न चात्रास्ति विचारणा,जो भक्त पुरुष यहाँ इन भगवान्‌ श्रीहरि--नारायण देवकी शरण लेते हैं, वे दुस्तर संकटोंसे तर जाते हैं। इस विषयमें कोई संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

ya enaṁ saṁśrayantīha bhaktā nārāyaṇaṁ harim | te tarantīha durgāṇi na cātrāsti vicāraṇā ||

Translation

Bhishma said: Those devotees who, here in this world, take refuge in Hari—Nārāyaṇa—cross over even the hardest passages and perilous crises. On this point there is no room for doubt or debate.

Word by Word

येthose who

एनम्him

संश्रयन्तिtake refuge (in)

इहhere (in this world)

भक्ताःdevotees

नारायणम्Narayana

हरिम्Hari (Vishnu)

तेthey

तरन्तिcross over

इहhere

दुर्गाणिdifficult passages; dangers; hardships

नnot

चand

अत्रhere; in this matter

अस्तिis

विचारणाdoubt; deliberation; question

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Nārāyaṇa

Hari

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes