Shloka 8
Kardama Muni’s Penance, Viṣṇu’s Darśana, and the Arrangement of Devahūti’s Marriage
तावत्प्रसन्नो भगवान् पुष्कराक्ष: कृते युगे । दर्शयामास तं क्षत्त: शाब्दं ब्रह्म दधद्वपु: ॥ ८ ॥
tāvat prasanno bhagavān puṣkarākṣaḥ kṛte yuge darśayām āsa taṁ kṣattaḥ śābdaṁ brahma dadhad vapuḥ
तावत् कृतयुगे पुष्कराक्षो भगवान् प्रसन्नः, क्षत्तः, तं कर्दमं दर्शयामास—शाब्दं ब्रह्म दधद्वपुः, वेदैरेव बोध्यम्॥
Here two points are very significant. The first is that Kardama Muni attained success by yoga practice in the beginning of Satya-yuga, when people used to live for one hundred thousand years. Kardama Muni attained success, and the Lord, being pleased with him, showed him His form, which is not imaginary. Sometimes the impersonalists recommend that one can arbitrarily concentrate one’s mind on some form he imagines or which pleases him. But here it is very clearly said that the form which the Lord showed to Kardama Muni by His divine grace is described in the Vedic literature. Śābdaṁ brahma: the forms of the Lord are clearly indicated in the Vedic literature. Kardama Muni did not discover any imaginary form of God, as alleged by rascals; he actually saw the eternal, blissful and transcendental form of the Lord.
FAQs
This verse says the Lord revealed a form that embodies transcendental sound—indicating the Veda and sacred sound are divine manifestations connected to the Supreme.
‘Kṣattā’ is Vidura’s title and role; Shukadeva uses it while narrating how the Lord, pleased in Satya-yuga, revealed Himself—keeping Vidura as the listener within the dialogue framework.
Approach the Lord through revealed sound—study, hear, and chant sacred scripture/mantra with sincerity—trusting that divine presence is accessible through purified hearing and devotion.