Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु देवर्षिनरिदस्तथा । हिमवन्तमियादू्‌ द्रष्ट सिद्धाचारणसेवितम्‌,इसी समय देवर्षि नारद सिद्धों और चारणोंसे सेवित हिमालय पर्वतपर उसका दर्शन करनेके लिये आये

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu devarṣir naradas tathā | himavantam iyād draṣṭuṁ siddhacāraṇasevitam ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: В то самое время божественный риши Нарада также отправился к Гималаям, желая увидеть ту гору, которую посещают и чтут сиддхи и чараны.

Word by Word

एतस्मिन्in this

एवindeed/just

कालेat the time

तुbut/and

देवर्षिःthe divine sage

नारदःNarada

तथाlikewise/also

हिमवन्तम्Himavat (the Himalaya)

इयात्would go/went (optative sense)

द्रष्टुम्to see

सिद्धाचारणसेवितम्served/attended by Siddhas and Cāraṇas

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Nārada

Himālaya (Himavat)

Siddhas

Cāraṇas

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 and spiritual authority of sacred places and realized beings: even a devarṣi like Nārada seeks the company and sight of a region sanctified by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, implying that proximity to the virtuous and the holy supports dharma and inner refinement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that at that particular moment Nārada travels to the Himālaya, intending to behold the mountain renowned as a resort of Siddhas and Cāraṇas—setting the scene for a spiritually significant encounter or instruction connected with that sacred setting.