Shloka 27

Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa

Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island

Devanagari script

तमुग्रतपस: सिद्धा: सुव्रता: सत्यवादिन: । पश्यन्ति न हि दुर्वत्तै: शक्‍्यो द्रष्टूं महेश्वर:

Transliteration

tam ugratapasaḥ siddhāḥ suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ | paśyanti na hi durvṛttaiḥ śakyo draṣṭuṃ maheśvaraḥ ||

Translation

उग्र तपस्या से सिद्ध हुए, उत्तम व्रतों का पालन करने वाले और सत्यवादी सिद्ध पुरुष ही उनका दर्शन करते हैं; दुराचारी लोगों के लिए भगवान् महेश्वर का दर्शन संभव नहीं।

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उग्रतपसः: of fierce austerity (austere)
• उग्रतपसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्रतपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सिद्धाः: accomplished ones, siddhas
• सिद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुव्रताः: of good vows, well-vowed
• सुव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सत्यवादिनः: truth-speaking
• सत्यवादिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यवादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पश्यन्ति: see
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• दुर्वृत्तैः: by the wicked (ill-conducted)
• दुर्वृत्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्वृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शक्यः: possible, able (to be)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (the Great Lord, Shiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine vision is presented as ethically conditioned: truthfulness, disciplined vows, and austerity purify the seeker, whereas immoral conduct (durvṛtta) blocks the possibility of beholding Maheśvara.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes who is capable of seeing Maheśvara: only realized ascetics and vow-keepers devoted to truth can behold Him, while the wicked cannot attain such a vision.