Shloka 26
पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings
सोअन्तरिक्षं महीं चैव सशैलवनकाननाम् । विलोकयामास तदा सरांसि सरितस्तथा,आकाश, पर्वत, वन और काननोंसहित पृथ्वी एवं सरोवरों और सरिताओंकी ओर भी उन्होंने दृष्टि डाली
so 'ntarikṣaṃ mahīṃ caiva saśailavanakānanām | vilokayāmāsa tadā sarāṃsi saritas tathā ||
Then Śuka cast his gaze over the mid-air and the earth as well—together with its mountains, forests, and groves—and he also looked upon the lakes and the flowing rivers. The scene underscores a contemplative, all-encompassing vision in which the world is surveyed as a unified field of nature, inviting detachment and discernment rather than possessiveness.
शुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a contemplative, panoramic seeing of the world—sky, earth, mountains, forests, lakes, and rivers—suggesting a mind trained to observe without grasping, a foundation for peace (śānti) and renunciant discernment.
Śuka narrates that the person in focus (contextually, a sage-like figure) surveys the entire landscape—mid-air and earth with its natural features—indicating a moment of reflective observation rather than action.