Shloka 3

Raivataka-giri Mahotsava and the Counsel on Subhadrā’s Marriage (रैवतके महोत्सवः — सुभद्राविवाहोपायविचारः)

Devanagari script

यदा न प्रतिषेद्धारस्तयो: सन्‍्तीह केचन । निरुद्योगौ तदा भूत्वा विजद्वातेडमराविव,जब त्रिलोकीमें उनका सामना करनेवाले कोई नहीं रह गये, तब वे देवताओंके समान अकर्मण्य होकर भोग-विलासमें लग गये

Transliteration

yadā na pratiṣeddhāras tayoḥ santīha kecana | nirudyogau tadā bhūtvā vijadvāteḍamarāv iva ||

Translation

ఈ లోకంలో వారిని అడ్డుకొనే వాడు ఎవరూ లేకపోయినప్పుడు, వారు ప్రయత్నరహితులై దేవులవలె భోగవిలాసాలలో మునిగిపోయారు.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

नnot

प्रतिषेद्धारःopposers, restrainers

तयोःof those two

सन्तिare, exist

इहhere, in this world

केचनany (some) persons

निरुद्योगौinactive, without effort

तदाthen

भूत्वाhaving become

विजद्वातVijad-vāta (proper name, the two)

इवlike, as

अमरौtwo immortals (gods)

इवlike

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

tayoḥ (those two persons, unnamed in this pāda)

amarāḥ (the gods/devas)

trilokī (implied by the Hindi gloss: the three worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When no one can restrain the powerful, they may drift from disciplined duty (udyoga) into indulgence; therefore, self-restraint and accountability are essential for dharmic rule.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes a stage where two figures become unopposed in the world; with no challengers left, they grow inactive in purposeful endeavor and turn toward enjoyment, likened to gods amid a roaring wind-driven tumult.