Shloka 8

Devanagari script

नरनारायणोौ यौ तौ पूर्वदेवी विभावसो । सम्प्राप्ती मानुषे लोके कार्यार्थ हि दिवौकसाम्‌,“विभावसो! आदिदेव नर और नारायण मुनि इस समय देवताओंका कार्य सिद्ध करनेके लिये मनुष्यलोकमें अवतीर्ण हुए हैं

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | nara-nārāyaṇau yau tau pūrva-devī vibhāvaso | samprāptī mānuṣe loke kāryārthaṃ hi divaukasām ||

Translation

Waiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Vibhāvasu (Agni)! Kedua resi ilahi purba itu, Nara dan Nārāyaṇa, kini telah tiba di dunia manusia demi menuntaskan tugas para dewa.”

Word by Word

• नरनारायणौ: Nara and Narayana
• नरनारायणौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरनारायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• यौ: who (two)
• यौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पूर्वदेवी: the former/primeval divine (ones)
• पूर्वदेवी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्वदेवी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• विभावसो: O Vibhāvasu (Agni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभावसु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सम्प्राप्ती: have arrived / have come
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Dual

• मानुषे: in the human (realm)
• मानुषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कार्यार्थम्: for the sake of (their) task/purpose
• कार्यार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्यार्थ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• दिवौकसाम्: of the gods (heaven-dwellers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa
• Vibhāvasu (Agni)
• divaukas (the gods)
• mānuṣa-loka (human world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine powers may manifest within the human realm to restore or uphold dharma; the gods’ purposes are fulfilled through disciplined, righteous agents such as the sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana addresses Agni (Vibhāvasu), stating that the ancient divine pair Nara and Nārāyaṇa have come to the human world specifically to carry out a mission on behalf of the gods.