Shloka 13

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

नच मां ते ददृशिरे न च द्रक्ष्यति कश्नन । ऋते हौकान्तिकश्रेष्ठात्‌ त्वं चैवैकान्तिकोत्तम:,किंतु उन्हें मेरा दर्शन न प्राप्त हो सका। वास्तवमें मेरे अनन्य भक्तके सिवा और कोई मनुष्य मेरा दर्शन नहीं कर सकता। तुम तो मेरे अनन्य भक्तोंमें श्रेष्ठ हो; इसीलिये तुम्हें मेरा दर्शन हुआ है

Transliteration

na ca māṃ te dadṛśire na ca drakṣyati kaścana | ṛte hy aikāntikaśreṣṭhāt tvaṃ caivāikāntikottamaḥ ||

Translation

Others have neither seen Me, nor will anyone else see Me. Except for the foremost among single-minded devotees, no person can truly behold Me. You are the best among those unwaveringly devoted to Me; therefore you were granted My vision.

Word by Word

nanot

caand

māmme

tethey/you (pl.)

dadṛśiresaw

nanot

caand

drakṣyatiwill see

kaścanaanyone (at all)

ṛteexcept (without)

eka-antika-śreṣṭhātfrom/except the best among the single-minded (devotees)

tvamyou

caand

evaindeed/only

eka-antika-uttamaḥthe best among the single-minded (devotees)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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