Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तस्या गात्रे निपतिता दृष्टिस्तेषां महात्मनाम्‌ । सर्वेषामेव भूयिष्ठमृते देवं पितामहम्‌,उस समय देवाधिदेव ब्रह्माजीको छोड़कर शेष सभी महानुभावोंकी दृष्टि तिलोत्तमाके शरीरपर बार-बार पड़ने लगी

Transliteration

tasyā gātre nipatitā dṛṣṭis teṣāṃ mahātmanām | sarveṣām eva bhūyiṣṭham ṛte devaṃ pitāmaham ||

Translation

ਨਾਰਦ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਉਹਨਾਂ ਮਹਾਤਮਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਅੰਗਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਜਾ ਪੈਂਦੀ ਸੀ; ਦੇਵ-ਪਿਤਾਮਹ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾ ਸਭ ਦੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਮੁੜ ਮੁੜ ਉਸੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਹੀ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਟਿਕ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

तस्याःof her

गात्रेon (her) body/limb

निपतिताfallen (upon), alighted

दृष्टिःgaze, sight

तेषाम्of them

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled ones

सर्वेषाम्of all

एवindeed, just

भूयिष्ठम्most, exceedingly

ऋतेexcept, without

देवम्the god

पितामहम्the Grandsire (Brahmā)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Tilottamā (implied by context)

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 the ethical contrast between being overpowered by sensory attraction and maintaining inner restraint; Brahmā is presented as the exemplar of detachment, while others—even great beings—momentarily succumb to fascination.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Tilottamā appears, the assembled great beings repeatedly fix their gaze upon her body; only Brahmā (the Pitāmaha) is described as not being drawn in the same way, emphasizing his superior composure.