Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तांश्व देवगणान्‌ सर्वास्तप:सिद्धा महर्षय: । विमानगिर्यग्रगतान्‌ ददृशुर्नेतरे जना:,वे सब देवगण विमान और पर्वतके शिखरपर खड़े थे। उन्हें तप:सिद्ध महर्षि ही देख पाते थे, दूसरे लोग नहीं

Transliteration

tāṁś ca devagaṇān sarvās tapaḥsiddhā maharṣayaḥ | vimānagiryagragatān dadṛśur netare janāḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: Ang mga pulutong ng mga diyos na iyon, na nakatindig sa unahan sa ibabaw ng mga sasakyang panghimpapawid at sa mga tuktok ng bundok, ay nakikita lamang ng mga dakilang rishi na ganap sa pamamagitan ng pag-aayuno at pagninilay; hindi sila natatanaw ng karaniwang tao.

Word by Word

तान्those

चand

देवगणान्hosts of gods

सर्वान्all

तपःसिद्धाःaccomplished through austerities

महर्षयःgreat sages

विमानगिर्यग्रगतान्standing at the foremost peaks of the mountain (with their aerial cars)

ददृशुःsaw

नnot

इतरेothers

जनाःpeople

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

devagaṇa (hosts of gods)

tapaḥsiddha maharṣis (austerity-perfected sages)

vimāna (celestial aerial cars)

giri (mountain peaks)

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?

Spiritual perception is presented as dependent on inner qualification: those perfected by tapas can perceive divine realities that remain inaccessible to ordinary sense-bound observers.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the assembled gods, positioned on celestial vehicles and mountain summits, were seen by austerity-accomplished sages, while other people present could not see them.