Shloka 72

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

Devanagari script

पाउचरात्रविदो ये तु यथाक्रमपरा नृप । एकान्तभावोपगतास्ते हरिं प्रविशन्ति वै

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: Pāñcarātravido ye tu yathākramaparā nṛpa | ekāntabhāvopagatās te hariṃ praviśanti vai ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ହେ ରାଜନ୍! ଯେମାନେ ପାଞ୍ଚରାତ୍ର ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରକୁ ଯଥାକ୍ରମେ ଜାଣନ୍ତି ଏବଂ ତାହାର ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦିଷ୍ଟ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନରେ ନିଷ୍ଠାବାନ୍, ଏକାନ୍ତଭାବରେ ଭଗବାନଙ୍କ ଶରଣାଗତ—ସେମାନେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ହରିରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• पाञ्चरात्रविदः: knowers of the Pāñcarātra (doctrine)
• पाञ्चरात्रविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चरात्रविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• यथाक्रमपराः: devoted to the prescribed sequence (of practice)
• यथाक्रमपराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथाक्रमपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एकान्तभावोपगताः: having attained exclusive devotion (single-mindedness)
• एकान्तभावोपगताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकान्तभावोपगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविशन्ति: enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True attainment of Hari comes from single-minded devotion and surrender supported by disciplined practice in the prescribed order; knowledge alone is insufficient without lived commitment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, in the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, states a doctrinal conclusion: practitioners who follow the Pāñcarātra path with exclusive devotion ultimately attain union with Hari.