Shloka 3

Raivataka-giri Mahotsava and the Counsel on Subhadrā’s Marriage (रैवतके महोत्सवः — सुभद्राविवाहोपायविचारः)

Devanagari script

यदा न प्रतिषेद्धारस्तयो: सन्‍्तीह केचन । निरुद्योगौ तदा भूत्वा विजद्वातेडमराविव,जब त्रिलोकीमें उनका सामना करनेवाले कोई नहीं रह गये, तब वे देवताओंके समान अकर्मण्य होकर भोग-विलासमें लग गये

Transliteration

yadā na pratiṣeddhāras tayoḥ santīha kecana | nirudyogau tadā bhūtvā vijadvāteḍamarāv iva ||

Translation

Nārada dit : «Lorsque, en ce monde, il ne resta plus personne capable de s’opposer à ces deux-là, ils devinrent sans ardeur ni effort, et, tels des dieux, se livrèrent à l’oisiveté, aux plaisirs et aux excès. Le vers suggère le péril d’une puissance sans résistance : elle détourne du devoir et mène à la complaisance.»

Word by Word

यदाwhen

नnot

प्रतिषेद्धारःopposers, restrainers

तयोःof those two

सन्तिare, exist

इहhere, in this world

केचनany (some) persons

निरुद्योगौinactive, without effort

तदाthen

भूत्वाhaving become

विजद्वातVijad-vāta (proper name, the two)

इवlike, as

अमरौtwo immortals (gods)

इवlike

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

tayoḥ (those two persons, unnamed in this pāda)

amarāḥ (the gods/devas)

trilokī (implied by the Hindi gloss: the three worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When no one can restrain the powerful, they may drift from disciplined duty (udyoga) into indulgence; therefore, self-restraint and accountability are essential for dharmic rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a stage where two figures become unopposed in the world; with no challengers left, they grow inactive in purposeful endeavor and turn toward enjoyment, likened to gods amid a roaring wind-driven tumult.