Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मेवामितदीप्तौजा: शान्तपाप्मा महातपा: । विचचार यथाकामं त्रिषु लोकेषु नारद:

Transliteration

brahmevāmita-dīptaujāḥ śānta-pāpmā mahā-tapāḥ | vicacāra yathākāmaṃ triṣu lokeṣu nāradaḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは語った。「大いなる苦行を具え、罪垢は鎮まり清められたナーラダは、三界を意のままに巡った。量り知れぬ光輝と霊威に満ち、彼はブラフマーそのもののように燦然と輝いた。タパスの力によって、上界と下界とを自在に見渡したのである。」

Word by Word

• ब्रह्म: Brahmā / Brahman (as a standard of comparison)
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अमितदीप्तौजाः: one whose radiance and vigor are immeasurable
• अमितदीप्तौजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-दीप्ति-ओजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तपाप्मा: sinless / with sins pacified
• शान्तपाप्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त-पाप्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: great ascetic / of great austerity
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्-तपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विचचार: wandered, roamed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कामम्: desire, wish (i.e., at will)
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārada
• Brahmā
• tri-loka (three worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-spiritual principle that intense tapas and inner purification (śānta-pāpmā) generate luminous spiritual power (ojas), granting freedom of movement and insight across realms—suggesting that moral purity and disciplined practice elevate perception and agency.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes Nārada as a supremely radiant, purified ascetic who roams freely through the three worlds, shining like Brahmā due to the power of his austerities.