Shloka 4

कैलास-श्वेतगिरि-प्रवेशवर्णनम्

Approach to Śveta Mountain and Kailāsa; Lomāśa’s Warnings and Protective Instructions

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ द्रक्ष्यसि देवानामाक्रीडं चरणाडुकितम्‌ । अतिक्रान्तोडसि कौन्तेय कालशैलं च पर्वतम्‌

Transliteration

etad drakṣyasi devānām ākrīḍaṁ caraṇāḍukitam | atikrānto ’si kaunteya kālaśailaṁ ca parvatam ||

Translation

“ಈಗ ನೀನು ದೇವತೆಗಳ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಂಗಣವನ್ನು ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೀಯ; ಅದು ಅವರ ಪಾದಚಿಹ್ನೆಗಳಿಂದ ಗುರುತಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ. ಓ ಕೌಂತೇಯನೇ! ನೀನು ಕಾಲಶೈಲ ಪರ್ವತವನ್ನೂ ದಾಟಿದ್ದೀಯ.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing/place)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्रक्ष्यसि: you will see
• द्रक्ष्यसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आक्रीडम्: playground; sporting-ground
• आक्रीडम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आक्रीड
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चरणाडुकितम्: trodden by feet; foot-worn
• चरणाडुकितम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चरणाडुकित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अतिक्रान्तः: having crossed; having passed beyond
• अतिक्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम्
• Form: Past participle (Kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Second, Singular

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kuntī
• कौन्तेय: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कालशैलम्: the Kālaśaila (Time-mountain / a mountain named Kālaśaila)
• कालशैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालशैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devas (gods)
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• Kālaśaila mountain
• Ākrīḍa (divine playground/sporting-ground)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence for sacred spaces: divine realms are approached through disciplined journeying, and their ‘marks’ (footprints/traces) invite humility and ethical self-restraint rather than mere curiosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

A guide (Logaśa) addresses a Kaunteya, announcing that he is about to see a divine sporting-ground of the gods and noting that he has already crossed the mountain called Kālaśaila, signaling progress into a more sacred or extraordinary region.