Shloka 466
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
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?
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?
Nara dan Nārāyaṇa bertanya, “Wahai resi para dewa, apakah pada saat ini engkau telah pergi ke Śvetadvīpa dan memperoleh darśana Tuhan Yang Kekal—Sang Paramātman—yang merupakan sebab tertinggi di balik kami berdua?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.