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

వైశంపాయనుడు చెప్పెను—ఆయన అక్కడ శ్వేతవర్ణంతో, చంద్రునివలె విశుద్ధంగా ప్రకాశిస్తూ, అనిరుద్ధ-తనువులో నిలిచి ఉన్నాడు. మరల ఆ అపార పరాక్రమశాలి ప్రభువు యోగనిద్రా స్థితిలో ప్రవేశించాడు.

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.