Shloka 22
Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta
Chapter 6
नारद उवाच उन्मत्तवेषं बिभ्रत् स चड़क्रमीति यथासुखम् | वाराणस्यां महाराज दर्शनेप्सुर्महेश्वरम्
nārada uvāca: unmattaveṣaṃ bibhrat sa caḍakramīti yathāsukham | vārāṇasyāṃ mahārāja darśanepsur maheśvaram viśvanātham ||
ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ಮಹಾರಾಜನೇ! ಅವನು ಈಗ ವಾರಾಣಸಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರ (ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ)ನ ದರ್ಶನವನ್ನು ಬಯಸಿ, ಉನ್ಮತ್ತನ ವೇಷವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ, ತನ್ನ ಇಷ್ಟದಂತೆ ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
True devotion may express itself through humility and unconventional outward behavior; seeking the Lord’s darśana can outweigh concern for social status, reputation, or ordinary decorum.
Narada informs the king that a person is wandering in Varanasi in the guise of a madman, driven by the desire to see Maheshvara—Vishvanatha—highlighting a pilgrimage-like pursuit of divine vision.