Shloka 466

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 dijo: En Śvetadvīpa contemplaste nuestra fuente suprema y trascendente. Nara y Nārāyaṇa preguntaron: «Oh vidente divino, ¿has ido en este tiempo a Śvetadvīpa y has obtenido la visión de aquel Señor eterno —el Ser Supremo— que es el principio causal más alto detrás de nosotros dos?»

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)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the Supreme Lord (Paramātmā/Bhagavān) as the ultimate, eternal causal principle even behind exalted beings like Nara and Nārāyaṇa, emphasizing that true spiritual attainment is confirmed through direct realization (darśana) of the transcendent source.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a dialogue in which Nara and Nārāyaṇa question a divine seer about whether he has gone to Śvetadvīpa and actually beheld the eternal Supreme Lord, recalling that the seer had previously witnessed their supreme transcendent source there.