Shloka 35

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

व्रतावसाने च शुभान्‌ नरान्‌ ददृशिरे वयम्‌ | श्वेतांश्रन्द्रप्रतिकाशान्‌ सर्वलक्षणलक्षितान्‌,“तदनन्तर हमने तत्काल पुनः सौ वर्षोंतक बड़ी भारी तपस्या की। उस तपोमय व्रतके पूर्ण होनेपर हमलोगोंको वहाँके शुभलक्षण पुरुषोंका दर्शन हुआ, जो चन्द्रमाके समान गौरवर्ण और सब प्रकारके उत्तम लक्षणोंसे सम्पन्न थे

Transliteration

vratāvasāne ca śubhān narān dadṛśire vayam | śvetāṃśucandrapratikāśān sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitān |

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “When our vow of austerity came to its completion, we beheld there auspicious men—radiant like the white beams of the moon and distinguished by every excellent mark. Their very appearance signaled the fruition of disciplined practice and the presence of dharmic attainment.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'vrata', 'definition': 'vow

• disciplined religious observance'}, {'term': 'avasāna', 'definition': 'ending

• completion'}, {'term': 'śubhān', 'definition': 'auspicious

• of good omen'}, {'term': 'narān', 'definition': 'men

• persons'}, {'term': 'dadṛśire', 'definition': 'they saw

• beheld (perfect/remote past sense)'}, {'term': 'vayam', 'definition': 'we'}, {'term': 'śvetāṃśu', 'definition': 'white-rayed

• having white beams (esp. the moon)'}, {'term': 'candra-pratikāśān', 'definition': 'moon-like in radiance

• resembling the moon’s brightness'}, {'term': 'sarva-lakṣaṇa-lakṣitān', 'definition': 'marked by all (excellent) signs

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• auspicious men (śubhāḥ narāḥ)
• moon (candra)