Shloka 383

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

न तत्राभ्यधिक: कक्षित्‌ सर्वे ते समतेजस: । “हमलोगोंने तो यही समझा कि यह द्वीप तेजका ही निवासस्थान है। वहाँ कोई किसीसे बढ़कर नहीं था। सबका तेज समान था

Transliteration

na tatrābhyadhikaḥ kaścit sarve te samatejasaḥ |

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “There, no one was superior to another; all of them possessed equal radiance. We understood that this island was, as it were, a dwelling-place of pure splendor—where none sought precedence, and all stood alike in inner power.”

Word by Word

nanot

tatrathere

abhyadhikaḥsuperior, exceeding

kaścitanyone, someone

sarveall

tethey

samatejasaḥof equal splendor/energy

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

dvipah (island)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes