Shloka 16

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

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच अद्य मे तपसो देव यमस्य नियमस्य च । सद्यः फलमवाप्तं॑ वै दृष्टो यदू भगवान्‌ मया,नारदजीने कहा--देव! जब मैंने आप भगवानका दर्शन पा लिया, तब मुझे तप, यम और नियम--सबका फल तत्काल ही मिल गया

Transliteration

nārada uvāca: adya me tapaso deva yamasya niyamasya ca | sadyaḥ phalam avāptaṃ vai dṛṣṭo yadū bhagavān mayā ||

Translation

Narada said: “O Lord, today I have at once obtained the fruit of my austerities, and of my disciplines of restraint and observance; for I have beheld the Blessed One with my own eyes.”

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तपसः: of austerity
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• देव: O god/lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यमस्य: of restraint (yama)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नियमस्य: of observance (niyama)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सद्यः: immediately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्तम्: obtained/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• दृष्टः: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यदु: O Yadu (descendant of Yadu)
• यदु: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Yadu (as a form of address: yadū)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined spiritual practice—tapas (austerity), yama (restraint), and niyama (observance)—finds its consummation in direct realization or vision of the Divine, which is portrayed as an immediate and complete ‘fruit’ of such practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada addresses the Lord and declares that, by obtaining the Lord’s direct sight, he has instantly received the full reward of his austerities and ethical disciplines.