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:,उग्र तपस्वी एवं उत्तम व्रतोंका पालन करनेवाले सत्यवादी सिद्ध पुरुष ही वहाँ उनका दर्शन करते हैं। दुराचारी लोगोंको भगवान्‌ महेश्वरका दर्शन नहीं हो सकता

Transliteration

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

Translation

Only those perfected ones—of fierce austerity, steadfast in noble vows, and devoted to truth—behold Him there. For the Great Lord (Maheśvara) cannot be seen by people of corrupt conduct.

Word by Word

तम्him

उग्रतपसःof fierce austerity (austere)

सिद्धाःaccomplished ones, siddhas

सुव्रताःof good vows, well-vowed

सत्यवादिनःtruth-speaking

पश्यन्तिsee

नnot

हिindeed, for

दुर्वृत्तैःby the wicked (ill-conducted)

शक्यःpossible, able (to be)

द्रष्टुम्to see

महेश्वरःMaheshvara (the Great Lord, Shiva)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Maheśvara (Śiva)

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?

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.