Shloka 9

Saumadatti-vadha and Bhīma–Alambusa-saṃyoga (सौमदत्तिवधः तथा भीमालम्बुससंयोगः)

Devanagari script

निर्दिष्ट यद्‌ वृषाड्केण पुण्यं सर्वार्थसाधकम्‌ | तौ जग्मतुरसम्भ्रान्ती नरनारायणावृषी

Transliteration

nirdiṣṭa yad vṛṣāṅkeṇa puṇyaṁ sarvārthasādhakam | tau jagmatur asambhrāntī nara-nārāyaṇāv ṛṣī ||

Translation

ବୃଷାଙ୍କ (ଶିବ) ଯେ ସର୍ବାର୍ଥସାଧକ ପୁଣ୍ୟମାର୍ଗ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦେଶ କରିଥିଲେ, ତାହା ଜାଣି ନର-ନାରାୟଣ—ସେ ଦୁଇ ଋଷି—ଅଚଳଚିତ୍ତେ, ଅସମ୍ଭ୍ରାନ୍ତ ଭାବେ ଅଗ୍ରସର ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• निर्दिष्टम्: indicated, prescribed
• निर्दिष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्दिश्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वृषाङ्केण: by Vṛṣāṅka (Śiva; 'bull-marked')
• वृषाङ्केण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषाङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पुण्यम्: merit, holy act/fruit
• पुण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वार्थसाधकम्: accomplishing all aims
• सर्वार्थसाधकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वार्थसाधक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• जग्मतुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual

• असम्भ्रान्तौ: unagitated, unconfused
• असम्भ्रान्तौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असम्भ्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• नरनारायणौ: Nara and Nārāyaṇa
• नरनारायणौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरनारायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• ऋषी: the two sages
• ऋषी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vṛṣāṅka (Śiva)
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual merit is not merely ritual but a dharmic path ‘shown’ by the divine that leads to comprehensive well-being; the ideal response is steadiness—acting without agitation or confusion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that, after Śiva (Vṛṣāṅka) indicates a supremely efficacious meritorious course, the twin sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa depart calmly and resolutely, suggesting disciplined adherence to the revealed guidance.