Shloka 466

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

श्वेतद्वीपे त्वया दृष्ट आवयो: प्रकृति: परा । नर-नारायण बोले--देवर्षे! क्या तुमने इस समय श्वेतद्वीपमें जाकर हम दोनोंका परम कारणरूप सनातन परमात्मा भगवान्‌का दर्शन कर लिया?

Transliteration

śvetadvīpe tvayā dṛṣṭā āvayoḥ prakṛtiḥ parā | nara-nārāyaṇau ūcatuḥ—devarṣe! kiṁ tvam asmin samaye śvetadvīpaṁ gatvā āvayoḥ parama-kāraṇa-rūpaṁ sanātanaṁ paramātmānaṁ bhagavantaṁ darśanaṁ kṛtavān?

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In Śvetadvīpa you beheld our supreme, transcendent source. Nara and Nārāyaṇa asked, “O divine seer, have you, at this time, gone to Śvetadvīpa and obtained the vision of that eternal Lord—the Supreme Self—who is the highest causal principle behind us both?”

Word by Word

• श्वेतद्वीपे: in Śvetadvīpa (the White Island)
• श्वेतद्वीपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतद्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• आवयोः: of us two
• आवयोः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Dual

• प्रकृतिः: nature; original cause
• प्रकृतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परा: supreme
• परा: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śvetadvīpa
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa
• Devarṣi
• Paramātmā (Supreme Self)
• Bhagavān (the Lord)