Shloka 63

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

Devanagari script

श्वेतं चन्द्रविशुद्धाभमनिरुद्धतनौ स्थितम्‌ | भूयो5प्यमितविक्रान्तं निद्रायोगमुपागतम्‌

Transliteration

śvetaṃ candraviśuddhābham aniruddhatanau sthitam | bhūyo 'py amitavikrāntaṃ nidrāyogam upāgatam

Translation

வைசம்பாயனர் கூறினார்—அவர் அங்கே வெண்மையாக, நிலவுபோல் தூய ஒளியுடன், அனிருத்த வடிவில் நிலைத்து நின்றார். மீண்டும் அளவற்ற வல்லமை கொண்ட அந்த ஆண்டவன் யோகநித்திரை நிலைக்குள் புகுந்தார்.

Word by Word

श्वेतम्white

चन्द्रविशुद्धाभम्having a moon-pure radiance

अनिरुद्धतनौin the body of Aniruddha

स्थितम्standing/remaining

भूयःagain, further

अपिalso, even

अमितविक्रान्तम्of immeasurable prowess

निद्रायोगम्the yoga of sleep (sleep-trance)

उपागतम्having entered/attained

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Aniruddha

the Moon (candra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights yogic mastery and divine self-control: the powerful being can deliberately assume a specific divine form (Aniruddha) and enter a regulated, yogic sleep (nidrāyoga), suggesting sovereignty over body and consciousness rather than ordinary, involuntary sleep.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes a radiant figure—white and moon-pure—standing in the manifestation called Aniruddha, and then, again, entering a yogic sleep-like absorption, indicating a repeated withdrawal into controlled inner stillness.