Shloka 15
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
अहो नारायणं तेजो दुर्दर्श द्विजसत्तम । यत्राविशन्ति कल्पान्ते सर्वे ब्रह्मादय: सुरा:,द्विजश्रेष्ठ] उन भगवान् नारायणका तेज अद्भुत है। मनुष्यके लिये उसकी ओर देखना भी कठिन है। कल्पके अन्तमें जिनके भीतर ब्रह्मा आदि सम्पूर्ण देवता, ऋषि, गन्धर्व तथा जो कुछ भी चराचर जगत् है, वह सब विलीन हो जाता है, उनसे बढ़कर परम पावन एवं महान् इस भूतल और स्वर्गलोकमें मैं दूसरे किसीको नहीं मानता
aho nārāyaṇaṁ tejo durdarśa dvijasattama | yatrāviśanti kalpānte sarve brahmādayaḥ surāḥ ||
Janamejaya said: “O best of Brahmins, wondrous indeed is the radiance of Nārāyaṇa—hard for mortals to behold. At the end of an aeon, into Him all the gods beginning with Brahmā enter and are absorbed. Therefore, on earth and in heaven I recognize none as more supremely pure and great than He.”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms Nārāyaṇa as the supreme, most pure reality whose radiance is beyond ordinary perception, and into whom even the highest gods (including Brahmā) are ultimately absorbed at cosmic dissolution—supporting a devotional and theistic hierarchy grounded in cosmic order.
Janamejaya, addressing a foremost Brahmin, expresses awe at Nārāyaṇa’s unapproachable splendor and states his conviction that no being in heaven or on earth surpasses Nārāyaṇa, since all deities culminate in Him at the end of the aeon.