Shloka 47

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

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच दृष्टो मे पुरुष: श्रीमान्‌ विश्वरूपधरोडव्यय:

Transliteration

nārada uvāca dṛṣṭo me puruṣaḥ śrīmān viśvarūpadharo 'vyayaḥ

Translation

Nārada said: “I have beheld a glorious Person—imperishable—who bears the form of the universe.”

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), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

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

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: glorious, illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विश्वरूपधरः: bearing a universal form
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वरूपधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अव्ययः: imperishable, undecaying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• puruṣa (the glorious imperishable universal-formed Person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts the reality of an imperishable, auspicious Supreme Person whose being encompasses the entire cosmos. Ethically, it frames dharma and right conduct as grounded in a transcendent, all-pervading order rather than mere human convention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada begins (or continues) a testimony-based instruction by declaring that he has personally beheld a glorious, immutable Person of universal form, establishing authority for the spiritual teaching that follows.