Shloka 153

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

मनोभूतास्ततो भूत्वा प्रद्युम्न॑ प्रविशन्त्युत । फिर उनसे भी मुक्त होकर वे अनिरुद्धविग्रहमें स्थित होते हैं। फिर मनोमय होकर प्रद्युम्नमें प्रवेश करते हैं

Transliteration

manobhūtās tato bhūtvā pradyumnaṁ praviśanty uta |

Translation

Kemudian mereka menjadi wujud mental (manomaya) dan masuk ke dalam Pradyumna. Ini menggambarkan penarikan diri bertahap ke tingkat yang lebih halus, hingga akhirnya terserap ke dalam prinsip ilahi yang lebih batiniah.

Word by Word

मनोभूताःhaving become mind-formed / mental

ततःthen; thereafter; from that (state)

भूत्वाhaving become

प्रद्युम्नम्Pradyumna (into Pradyumna)

प्रविशन्तिthey enter

उतand; also; indeed

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Pradyumna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse conveys a stepwise interiorization: as one becomes free from grosser limitations, one assumes a subtler, mind-based mode of being and is absorbed into a higher divine principle (here named Pradyumna). It points to liberation as progressive dissolution of individuality into increasingly subtle realities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is describing a cosmological/spiritual process of merging: certain beings, after attaining a subtle mental state (manobhūta), ‘enter’ Pradyumna—language that indicates absorption into a higher level of manifestation or divinity within a graded hierarchy.