Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तपो हि तप्यतस्तस्य यत्‌ स्थानं परमात्मन: । न तत्‌ सम्प्राप्तुते कश्चिदृते हयावां द्विजोत्तम,द्विजोत्तम! तपस्यामें लगे हुए उन परमात्माका जो स्थान है, वहाँ हम दोनोंके सिवा दूसरा कोई नहीं पहुँच सकता

Transliteration

tapo hi tapyatas tasya yat sthānaṃ paramātmanaḥ | na tat samprāptute kaścid ṛte hayāvāṃ dvijottama, dvijottama ||

Translation

“For the one engaged in austerity, there is a supreme abode of the Paramātman. No one can reach that state—except us two, O best of the twice-born.”

Word by Word

तपःausterity, penance

हिindeed, for

तप्यतःof (him) who is performing austerity

तस्यof him

यत्which

स्थानम्abode, place, state

परमात्मनःof the Supreme Self

नnot

तत्that (place/state)

सम्प्राप्तुंto attain, to reach

इतेis able / goes (i.e., can reach)

कश्चित्anyone, someone

ऋतेexcept, without

हयावाम्the two Hayas (we two, named Haya)

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (brahmin)

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Paramātman

dvijottama (addressed brāhmaṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts the exclusivity and rarity of the highest spiritual attainment: the ‘abode/state of the Paramātman’ is reached only through genuine tapas (disciplined austerity), and even then it is accessible to very few.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a brāhmaṇa (dvijottama), emphasizing that the supreme station attained by an ascetic is not reachable by ordinary beings; he claims that only ‘we two’ can reach it, underscoring the exceptional nature of that realization.