Shloka 1636

नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation

Devanagari script

शुको ददर्श धर्मात्मा पुष्पितद्रुमकाननाम्‌ | राजन! धर्मात्मा शुकने ऊर्ध्वलोकमें जाते समय खिले हुए वृक्षों और वनोंसे सुशोभित रमणीय मन्दाकिनी (आकाशगंगा) का दर्शन किया

Transliteration

śuko dadarśa dharmātmā puṣpitadrumakānanām |

Translation

Bhīṣma said: The righteous Śuka beheld a woodland of blossoming trees. As he was proceeding upward to the higher worlds, he saw the delightful Mandākinī—adorned with flowering groves—signaling the auspicious, dharma-aligned passage of a purified soul toward transcendent realms.

Word by Word

• शुकः: Śuka (the sage/parrot-sage)
• शुकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मात्मा: the righteous-souled one
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुष्पित-द्रुमकाननाम्: having forests of flowering trees
• पुष्पित-द्रुमकाननाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पितद्रुमकानन
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śuka
• Mandākinī (celestial Gaṅgā)
• flowering trees
• groves/forests
• higher worlds (ūrdhvaloka)