Shloka 15
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
अहो नारायणं तेजो दुर्दर्श द्विजसत्तम । यत्राविशन्ति कल्पान्ते सर्वे ब्रह्मादय: सुरा:
aho nārāyaṇaṁ tejo durdarśa dvijasattama | yatrāviśanti kalpānte sarve brahmādayaḥ surāḥ ||
ジャナメージャヤは言った。「婆羅門の最勝者よ、ナーラーヤナの光輝はまことに驚異であり、凡人には仰ぎ見ることすら難しい。劫の終わりには、梵天をはじめとするすべての神々が彼に入り、彼のうちに吸収される。ゆえに地上においても天上においても、彼より至浄にして偉大なる者を私は認めない。」
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms Nārāyaṇa as the supreme, most pure reality whose radiance is beyond ordinary perception, and into whom even the highest gods (including Brahmā) are ultimately absorbed at cosmic dissolution—supporting a devotional and theistic hierarchy grounded in cosmic order.
Janamejaya, addressing a foremost Brahmin, expresses awe at Nārāyaṇa’s unapproachable splendor and states his conviction that no being in heaven or on earth surpasses Nārāyaṇa, since all deities culminate in Him at the end of the aeon.