Shloka 2
हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्
Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas
इदमद्धिः सम॑ प्राप्ता ये केचिद् भुवि जड़मा: । प्रविशन्तो महानादं नदन्ति भयपीडिता:,नारदजी बोले--मातले! यह जो नागलोकके नाभिस्थान (मध्यभाग)-में स्थित नगर दिखायी देता है, इसे पाताल कहते हैं। इस नगरमें दैत्य और दानव निवास करते हैं। यहाँ जो कोई भूतलके जंगम प्राणी जलके साथ बहकर आ जाते हैं, वे इस पातालमें पहुँचनेपर भयसे पीड़ित हो बड़े जोरसे चीत्कार करने लगते हैं
idam addhiḥ samā prāptā ye kecid bhuvi jaḍamāḥ | praviśanto mahānādaṃ nadanti bhayapīḍitāḥ ||
Nārada disse: “Aqui, de fato, um mesmo destino recai sobre quaisquer criaturas obtusas que estejam na terra: quando são arrastadas pelas águas e entram nesta região de grande bramido, gritam alto, atormentadas pelo medo.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how lack of discernment (jaḍatā) leaves beings vulnerable to being swept into terrifying circumstances; fear becomes the natural consequence when one is carried helplessly into peril, suggesting the ethical value of awareness and self-governance.
Nārada describes a dreadful, roaring region that beings may enter (often involuntarily), and explains that upon reaching it they cry out loudly, overwhelmed by fear—part of a broader depiction of subterranean/otherworldly realms in his discourse.