Shloka 18

Devanagari script

चिरदृष्टो हि भगवान्‌ वैराजसदने मया । ततोऊहं पर्वत प्राप्तस्त्विमं त्वत्यादसेवितम्‌,प्रभो! बहुत दिन हुए, मैंने ब्रह्मलोकमें आपका दर्शन किया था। इसीलिये आज आपके चरणोंद्वारा सेवित इस पर्वतपर पुन: दर्शनके लिये आया हूँ

Transliteration

ciradṛṣṭo hi bhagavān vairājasadane mayā | tato ’haṃ parvataṃ prāptas tv imaṃ tv atyādasevitam, prabho ||

Translation

प्रभो! फार पूर्वी वैराज-सदनात (ब्रह्मलोकात) मी आपले दर्शन घेतले होते. म्हणूनच आज आपल्या चरणसेवेने पावन झालेल्या या पर्वतावर, पुनः दर्शनाची अभिलाषा घेऊन मी आलो आहे.

Word by Word

चिरदृष्टःseen long ago

हिindeed/for

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

वैराजसदनेin the Viraja/ Brahma-world abode

मयाby me

ततःtherefore/from that

ऊहंI

पर्वतम्mountain

प्राप्तःhaving reached/arrived

तुbut/and

इमम्this

त्वत्of you/your

आदसेवितम्well-served/attended (by your ...)

प्रभोO Lord

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (Pitamaha)

Bhagavan (the Lord addressed)

Vairaja-sadana (Viraja’s abode/Brahmaloka)

Parvata (the mountain)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights devotional memory and reverence: a prior vision of the Divine becomes the cause for renewed seeking. Sacred places are valued because they are associated with the Lord’s presence and worship, encouraging humility and persistent spiritual aspiration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses a divine figure, recalling that he once had a vision of the Lord in Brahmā’s realm (Vairāja-sadana). Motivated by that earlier encounter, he has now come to a particular mountain sanctified by the Lord’s worship/foot-service, hoping to see the Lord again.