Shloka 58

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

शान्ति: सा त्रिषु लोकेषु विहिता भावितात्मना । एतया शुभया बुद्धया नैछिकं व्रतमास्थित:,उन पूतात्मा परमात्माने तीनों लोकोंमें उस शान्तिका विस्तार किया है। अपनी इस कल्याणमयी बुद्धिके द्वारा वे नैप्ठिक व्रतका आश्रय लेकर स्थित हैं

Transliteration

śāntiḥ sā triṣu lokeṣu vihitā bhāvitātmanā | etayā śubhayā buddhyā naiṣṭhikaṁ vratam āsthitaḥ ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「その安寧は—三界にわたり打ち立てられた—自己を十分に陶冶し、厳しく律した者によって定められた。この吉祥にして衆生の福利をもたらす智慧に導かれ、彼はナイシュティカの誓戒に住し、揺るがぬ霊的専心を堅持する。」

Word by Word

शान्तिःpeace

साthat (she/it)

त्रिषुin three

लोकेषुin the worlds

विहिताestablished/ordained/spread

भावितात्मनाby one whose self is purified/cultivated

एतयाby this

शुभयाauspicious

बुद्धयाby (his) understanding/intellect

नैष्ठिकम्steadfast/ultimate (lifelong)

व्रतम्vow/observance

आस्थितःhaving undertaken/abiding in

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

three worlds (trailokya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Peace in society and the cosmos is grounded in inner cultivation: a disciplined, matured self (bhāvitātman) guided by auspicious discernment (śubhā buddhi) can establish and sustain śānti, and such stability is expressed through steadfast ethical-spiritual commitment (naiṣṭhika vrata).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing an exemplary spiritually accomplished person whose inner discipline and beneficent understanding have made peace pervasive across the three worlds; he emphasizes the role of firm vows and unwavering practice in maintaining that peace.