Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

सिद्धा हि ते महाभागा नरा होकान्तिनो5भवन्‌ । तमोरजो भ्यां निर्मुक्ता: प्रवेक्ष्यन्ति च मां मुने,“मुने! ये महाभाग श्वेतद्वीपनिवासी सिद्ध हैं। ये पहले मेरे अनन्य भक्त रहे हैं। ये तमोगुण और रजोगुणसे मुक्त हो गये हैं; इसलिये मेरे भीतर प्रवेश करेंगे

Transliteration

siddhā hi te mahābhāgā narā haikāntino ’bhavan | tamorajo-bhyāṁ nirmuktāḥ pravekṣyanti ca māṁ mune ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Those blessed men are indeed perfected; they were once wholly devoted to Me. Freed from the darkness of tamas and the agitation of rajas, they will enter into Me, O sage.”

Word by Word

सिद्धाःaccomplished, perfected

हिindeed, for

तेthey (those)

महाभागाःgreatly fortunate ones

नराःmen, persons

एकान्तिनःexclusive (devotees), single-minded

अभवन्were, became

तमःtamas (darkness/ignorance quality)

रजःrajas (passion/activity quality)

भ्याम्by/from the two (dual ending marker)

निर्मुक्ताःfreed, released

प्रवेक्ष्यन्तिwill enter

चand

माम्me

मुनेO sage

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Muni (sage addressed)

Siddhas (perfected beings)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes