Shloka 8
Śārṅgaka-stuti to Agni during the Khāṇḍava Conflagration (शार्ङ्गक-स्तुतिः / अग्नि-स्तुतिः)
नरनारायणोौ यौ तौ पूर्वदेवी विभावसो । सम्प्राप्ती मानुषे लोके कार्यार्थ हि दिवौकसाम्,“विभावसो! आदिदेव नर और नारायण मुनि इस समय देवताओंका कार्य सिद्ध करनेके लिये मनुष्यलोकमें अवतीर्ण हुए हैं
Vaiśampāyana uvāca | nara-nārāyaṇau yau tau pūrva-devī vibhāvaso | samprāptī mānuṣe loke kāryārthaṃ hi divaukasām ||
वैशंपायन म्हणाले—“हे विभावसो! ते दोघे आदिदेव नर आणि नारायण देवांचे कार्य साधण्यासाठी आता मनुष्यलोकात आले आहेत.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Divine powers may manifest within the human realm to restore or uphold dharma; the gods’ purposes are fulfilled through disciplined, righteous agents such as the sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana addresses Agni (Vibhāvasu), stating that the ancient divine pair Nara and Nārāyaṇa have come to the human world specifically to carry out a mission on behalf of the gods.