Shloka 22

Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta

Chapter 6

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच उन्मत्तवेषं बिभ्रत्‌ स चड़क्रमीति यथासुखम्‌ | वाराणस्यां महाराज दर्शनेप्सुर्महेश्वरम्‌

Transliteration

nārada uvāca: unmattaveṣaṃ bibhrat sa caḍakramīti yathāsukham | vārāṇasyāṃ mahārāja darśanepsur maheśvaram viśvanātham ||

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ହେ ମହାରାଜ! ସେ ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ବାରାଣସୀରେ ମହେଶ୍ୱର (ବିଶ୍ୱନାଥ)ଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନ ଲାଗି ଆକାଂକ୍ଷା କରି, ଉନ୍ମତ୍ତ-ସଦୃଶ ବେଶ ଧାରଣ କରି, ନିଜ ସୁଖମତେ ଘୁରୁଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

• उन्मत्त-वेषम्: a madman-like guise
• उन्मत्त-वेषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मत्तवेष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बिभ्रत्: bearing, wearing
• बिभ्रत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• चक्रमीति: ‘(he is) a wanderer/roamer’—thus (as said/so-called)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चक्रम् + इति

• यथा-सुखम्: at ease, as he pleases
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथासुख

• वाराणस्याम्: in Varanasi
• वाराणस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• महा-राज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दर्शन-ईप्सुः: desiring to see (to have दर्शन)
• दर्शन-ईप्सुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शनेप्सु
• Form: उणादि/कृदन्त (ईप्सु = desiring), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Shiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Mahārāja (the king addressed)
• Maheshvara (Shiva)
• Vishvanatha
• Varanasi (Vārāṇasī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True devotion may express itself through humility and unconventional outward behavior; seeking the Lord’s darśana can outweigh concern for social status, reputation, or ordinary decorum.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada informs the king that a person is wandering in Varanasi in the guise of a madman, driven by the desire to see Maheshvara—Vishvanatha—highlighting a pilgrimage-like pursuit of divine vision.