Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यमस्य भवन देव गच्छेयं न सुरोत्तम,देव! सुरश्रेष्ठ लोकपितामह! मैं शरीर और मस्तकको झुकाकर, हाथ जोड़कर विनीतभावसे आपकी शरणागत होकर केवल इसी अभिलाषाकी पूर्ति चाहती हूँ कि मुझे यमराजके भवनमें न जाना पड़े

Transliteration

yamasya bhavana deva gaccheyaṁ na surottama | deva! suraśreṣṭha lokapitāmaha! śarīra-mastakaṁ namayitvā karau saṁyojya vinīta-bhāvena tava śaraṇāgatā kevalam etad-abhilāṣa-pūraṇam icchāmi—yad ahaṁ yamarājasya bhavane na gaccheyam |

Translation

Nārada said: “O divine one, best among the gods—O Lord, foremost of the celestials, grandsire of the worlds! Bowing my body and head, with folded hands, I take refuge in you with humility. I ask only this: that I may not have to go to the abode of Yama, the Lord of Death.”

Word by Word

यमस्यof Yama

भवनम्abode, house

देवO god, O lord

गच्छेयम्may I go

नnot

सुरोत्तमO best of the gods

देवO god

सुरश्रेष्ठO foremost among the gods

लोकपितामहO grandsire of the world (Brahmā)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Yama

Yamarāja

Deva (addressed deity)

Lokapitāmaha (Brahmā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) expressed through humility—bowing and folded hands—while acknowledging Yama as the moral governor of death. Ethically, it highlights the human impulse to seek divine protection from the consequences of mortality and judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada speaks in a supplicatory tone to a supreme deity addressed as ‘best of gods’ and ‘lokapitāmaha,’ requesting a boon: that he (or the supplicant voice) not be compelled to go to Yama’s abode.