Shloka 25

Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā

Indraloka-gamana

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वा पुनर्नेमं लोकमायान्ति भारत । स्वयम्भुवं महात्मानं देवदेवं सनातनम्‌

Transliteration

tatra gatvā punar nemaṁ lokam āyānti bhārata | svayambhuvaṁ mahātmānaṁ devadevaṁ sanātanam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「バーラタよ、その至上の境地に到達したのち、彼らは再びこの世に戻らない。苦行の鍛錬と功徳ある行によって清められ、無明と迷妄を離れた成就の大士たちは、ナーラーヤナの住処に至り、世俗の存在へ帰るのではなく、自生にして永遠なる“神々の主”へと融け入るのだ。」

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• आयान्ति: they come/return
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इ/या) + आङ्
• Form: present (लट्), third, plural, parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• स्वयम्भुवम्: self-existent, self-born
• स्वयम्भुवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वयम्भू
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• देवदेवम्: god of gods
• देवदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (Janamejaya)
• Nārāyaṇa
• Svayambhū (epithet of Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)
• Devadeva (epithet of Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches apunarāvṛtti—those who are purified by tapas and righteous observances, and who attain yogic perfection free from ignorance and delusion, reach Nārāyaṇa’s supreme state and do not return to worldly rebirth, instead attaining union with the eternal Lord.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating to Janamejaya (addressed as Bhārata), describes the destiny of spiritually accomplished ascetics: upon reaching the divine abode of Nārāyaṇa, they do not come back to this world but attain absorption/union with the Self-born, eternal Devadeva.