Shloka 58

Devanagari script

क्रियतां दर्शने यत्नो देवस्य परमेष्ठिन: । दर्शनात्‌ तस्य कौन्तेय संसिद्धः स्वर्गमेष्यसि,“कुन्तीकुमार! तुम उन परमेश्वर महादेवजीका दर्शन पानेके लिये प्रयत्न करो। उनके दर्शनसे पूर्णतः सिद्ध हो जानेपर तुम स्वर्गलोकमें पधारोगे”

Transliteration

kriyatāṃ darśane yatno devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ | darśanāt tasya kaunteya saṃsiddhaḥ svargam eṣyasi ||

Translation

Wahai putra Kuntī, berusahalah sungguh-sungguh untuk memperoleh penglihatan akan Tuhan Yang Mahatinggi. Dengan memandang-Nya engkau akan menjadi sempurna, lalu mencapai surga.

Word by Word

क्रियताम्let (it) be done / should be made

दर्शनेin/for (the matter of) seeing; in the obtaining of a vision

यत्नःeffort

देवस्यof the god

परमेष्ठिनःof the Supreme Lord (Parameshthin)

दर्शनात्from/through (the cause of) seeing; by the vision

तस्यof him

कौन्तेयO son of Kunti

संसिद्धःfully accomplished; perfected

स्वर्गम्to heaven

एष्यसिyou will go

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kaunteya (Arjuna)

Parameṣṭhin (the Supreme Lord; identified in the given context as Mahādeva/Śiva)

Svarga (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined effort toward divine encounter (darśana) brings inner perfection (saṃsiddhi) and leads to the highest reward envisioned here—attainment of svarga. Ethically, it emphasizes purposeful striving and reverence toward the divine as a transformative path.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Arjuna (Kaunteya), urging him to make a determined effort to obtain the Lord’s vision—understood in this context as Mahādeva. The statement frames darśana as the decisive turning point that perfects the seeker and grants celestial attainment.