Shloka 8

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

उक्तश्न मानुषेण त्वं पथा गच्छेत्यविस्मित: । न प्रभावेण गन्तव्यमन्तरिक्षचरेण वै,जाते समय व्यासजीने फिर बिना किसी विस्मयके कहा--“बेटा! जिस मार्गसे साधारण मनुष्य चलते हों, उसीसे तुम भी जाना। अपनी योगशक्तिका आश्रय लेकर आकाशमार्गसे कदापि यात्रा न करना

Transliteration

uktaś ca mānuṣeṇa tvaṁ pathā gacchety avismitaḥ | na prabhāveṇa gantavyam antarīkṣacareṇa vai ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അദ്ദേഹം അത്ഭുതമില്ലാതെ പറഞ്ഞു—“മകനേ! സാധാരണ മനുഷ്യർ പോകുന്ന വഴിയിലൂടെയേ നീയും പോകുക. യോഗപ്രഭാവം ആശ്രയിച്ച് ആകാശമാർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ യാത്ര ചെയ്യരുത്.”

Word by Word

उक्तम्said, spoken

स्नindeed/then (metrical filler particle)

मानुषेणby/with a human (person)

त्वम्you

पथाby the path/route

गच्छgo

इतिthus

अविस्मितःunastonished, without surprise

नnot

प्रभावेणby power, by (supernatural) might

गन्तव्यम्should be gone/one should go

अन्तरिक्षचरेणby one who moves in the sky; by aerial travel

वैindeed, surely

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even if one possesses extraordinary powers, one should practice restraint and follow the ordinary, socially appropriate course of action; dharma favors humility and non-display of power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma instructs a younger person (addressed as “my son”) to travel by the normal human route and explicitly forbids traveling through the sky by means of special power, speaking calmly and without excitement.