Shloka 143

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

महद्धयेतदचिन्त्यं च यदहं दृष्टवान्‌ प्रभो । इत्युक्त: स मया श्रीमान्‌ देवदेवो महाद्युति: । सान्त्वयन्‌ मामिदं वाक्यमुवाच वदतां वर:,'प्रभो! मैंने जो कुछ देखा है, यह अगाध और अचिन्त्य है।” मेरे इस प्रकार पूछनेपर वे वक्ताओंमें श्रेष्ठ महातेजस्वी देवाधिदेव श्रीभगवान्‌ मुझे सान्त्वना देते हुए इस प्रकार बोले

Transliteration

mahadd hy etad acintyaṃ ca yad ahaṃ dṛṣṭavān prabho | ity uktaḥ sa mayā śrīmān devadevo mahādyutiḥ | sāntvayan mām idaṃ vākyam uvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ |

Translation

“O Lord, what I have seen is vast and beyond thought.” When I spoke thus, that illustrious God of gods, radiant with great splendor, consoled me and replied with these words—the foremost among speakers.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'mahat', 'definition': 'great, vast, immense'}, {'term': 'etad', 'definition': 'this (what has been experienced/seen)'}, {'term': 'acintya', 'definition': 'inconceivable, beyond the reach of thought'}, {'term': 'yad', 'definition': 'that which'}, {'term': 'ahaṃ', 'definition': 'I'}, {'term': 'dṛṣṭavān', 'definition': 'have seen (perfect participle, masculine)'}, {'term': 'prabho', 'definition': 'O Lord, O master (vocative)'}, {'term': 'iti uktaḥ', 'definition': 'having been said thus / when (it was) said thus'}, {'term': 'sa', 'definition': 'he'}, {'term': 'mayā', 'definition': 'by me'}, {'term': 'śrīmān', 'definition': 'illustrious, glorious, endowed with splendor'}, {'term': 'devadeva', 'definition': 'god of gods (supreme deity)'}, {'term': 'mahādyuti', 'definition': 'of great radiance, exceedingly luminous'}, {'term': 'sāntvayan', 'definition': 'consoling, reassuring'}, {'term': 'mām', 'definition': 'me'}, {'term': 'idaṃ vākyam', 'definition': 'these words / this statement'}, {'term': 'uvāca', 'definition': 'said, spoke'}, {'term': 'vadatāṃ varaḥ', 'definition': 'the best of speakers, foremost among those who speak'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• prabhu (Lord addressed)
• devadeva (God of gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the limits of ordinary cognition before the divine: profound experiences may be ‘vast’ and ‘inconceivable,’ and the proper response from the divine teacher is reassurance and guiding speech rather than fear or confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that the speaker (addressing the Lord) confesses being overwhelmed by an extraordinary vision. In response, the radiant ‘God of gods’ consoles him and begins to speak, setting up the next instruction or explanation.