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Shloka 22

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

विधिना स्वेन युक्ताभ्यां यथापूर्वे द्विजोत्तम । आस्थिताभ्यां सर्वकृच्छूं व्रतं सम्यगनुत्तमम्‌,द्विजोत्तम! हम दोनोंने पूर्ववत्‌ अपने कर्ममें संलग्न हो सर्वोत्तम एवं सम्पूर्ण कठिनाइयोंसे युक्त उत्तम व्रतमें तत्पर रहते हुए ही श्वेतद्वीपमें उपस्थित होकर वहाँ तुम्हें देखा था। तपोधन! तुम वहाँ भगवान्से मिले और उनके साथ वार्तालाप किया। ये सारी बातें हम दोनोंको अच्छी तरह विदित हैं। महामुने! चराचर प्राणियोंसहित तीनों लोकोंमें जो शुभ या अशुभ बात हो चुकी है, हो रही है, अथवा होनेवाली है, वह सब उस समय देवदेव भगवान्‌ श्रीहरिने तुमसे कही थी

vidhinā svena yuktābhyāṁ yathāpūrve dvijottama | āsthitābhyāṁ sarvakṛcchūṁ vrataṁ samyag anuttamam ||

Nārada disse: “Ó melhor entre os duas-vezes-nascidos, como antes, nós dois—devidamente empenhados em nossas disciplinas prescritas—permanecemos firmes naquele voto sem par, completo e exigente em toda provação. Nesse mesmo estado chegamos a Śvetadvīpa e ali te vimos. Ó asceta rico em austeridade, encontraste o Senhor e com Ele conversaste; tudo isso nos é bem conhecido. Grande sábio, qualquer acontecimento auspicioso ou inauspicioso que tenha ocorrido, esteja ocorrendo ou venha a ocorrer nos três mundos, com todos os seres móveis e imóveis—naquele tempo o Deus dos deuses, Śrī Hari, te declarou tudo.”

विधिनाby rule/according to injunction
विधिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविधि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
स्वेनby one’s own
स्वेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
युक्ताभ्याम्endowed/engaged (with), by the two (of us)
युक्ताभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Dual
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
पूर्वेin the former (manner), as before
पूर्वे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born (brahmin)
द्विजोत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजोत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
आस्थिताभ्याम्by the two (of us) who were abiding in/undertaking
आस्थिताभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeKridanta
Rootआस्थित
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Dual
सर्वकृच्छ्रम्having all hardships; very arduous
सर्वकृच्छ्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वकृच्छ्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
व्रतम्vow, observance
व्रतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सम्यक्properly, rightly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, supreme
अनुत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
D
dvijottama (addressed sage)
Ś
Śvetadvīpa
B
Bhagavān (the Lord)
Ś
Śrī Hari (Viṣṇu)
T
three worlds (trailokya)
M
moving and unmoving beings (carācara)

Educational Q&A

Steadfast adherence to one’s prescribed discipline (svadharma) and rigorous vows (vrata) prepares the seeker for divine encounter; the Lord’s knowledge encompasses all time—past, present, and future—across the entire cosmos.

Nārada recalls that he and another companion, while observing an arduous vow, reached Śvetadvīpa and witnessed the addressed sage meeting and conversing with Śrī Hari; Nārada affirms that the Lord revealed to that sage the full scope of events in the three worlds.