Shloka 62
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
शेषाश्व विबुधश्रेष्ठा दैत्यदानवराक्षसा: । नागा: सुपर्णा गन्धर्वा: सिद्धा राजर्षयश्न ये
nārada uvāca | śeṣāśvā vibudhaśreṣṭhā daityadānavarākṣasāḥ | nāgāḥ suparṇā gandharvāḥ siddhā rājarṣayaś ca ye | te ’ṅgaiḥ sahitāḥ sampūrṇā vedānām āvṛttiṃ kurvanto ’tyantaṃ kaṭhora-tapasyāṃ saṃlagnāḥ santi | brahmā svayaṃ mahādevaḥ samastā ṛṣayaḥ śeṣaś ca śreṣṭhā devatāś ca daityā dānavā rākṣasā nāgā garuḍā gandharvāḥ siddhā rājarṣayaś ca sadā vidhipūrvakaṃ yat havyaṃ kavyaṃ cārpayanti tat sarvaṃ tasya bhagavataḥ caraṇeṣu samupasthitam bhavati |
ນາຣະດະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ສູງສຸດທັງຫຼາຍ—ເສສະ ແລະມ້າເທວະ, ຜູ້ດີເລີດໃນຫມູ່ເທວະ, ພ້ອມທັງໄດຕະຍະ, ດານະວະ, ແລະຣາກສະສະ; ນາກ, ສຸປັນນະ (ພວກກະຣຸດ), ຄັນທະວະ, ສິດທະ, ແລະຣາຊະລຶສີ—ກໍຍັງປະຕິບັດຕະປະສະຍາອັນຫນັກໜ່ວງຢ່າງຍິ່ງ ໂດຍສວດວິດາທັງປວງຢ່າງຕໍ່ເນື່ອງ ພ້ອມອົງປະກອບທັງຫມົດ. ແລະບັນດາເຄື່ອງບູຊາ—ຮະວະຍະ ແລະ ກະວະຍະ—ທີ່ຖວາຍຕາມພິທີໂດຍພຣະພຣະຫມາ, ພຣະມະຫາເທວະ, ລຶສີທັງປວງ, ເສສະ, ແລະຫມູ່ສັດຕະວະຫຼາຍຊັ້ນເຫຼົ່ານີ້—ທັງໝົດລ້ວນໄປສະຖິດຢູ່ທີ່ພຣະບາດຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນສູງສຸດ.»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
All spiritual disciplines—Vedic study, recitation with the Vedāṅgas, austerity, and properly performed offerings—reach their true fulfillment when dedicated to the Supreme Lord; merit is ultimately gathered at the divine feet.
Narada describes a vast range of beings, from gods and sages to nāgas and rākṣasas, engaged in severe tapas and Vedic recitation, and explains that the havya and kavya they offer according to ritual rule ultimately arrive before the Supreme Lord.