Shloka 2736

Devanagari script

तत्र नारायणपरा मानवाश्चन्द्रवर्चस: । “इसका उपाय सुनो। क्षीरसागरके उत्तरभागमें अत्यन्त प्रकाशमान श्वेतद्वीप है। वहाँ भगवान्‌ नारायणका भजन करनेवाले पुरुष रहते हैं, जो चन्द्रमाके समान कान्तिमान्‌ हैं

Transliteration

tatra nārāyaṇaparā mānavāś candravarcasaḥ |

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا— “وہاں نارائن کے پرستار انسان رہتے ہیں، جو چاند کی مانند تاباں ہیں۔”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• नारायणपरा: devoted to Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणपरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायणपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मानवाः: men, humans
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चन्द्रवर्चसः: having moon-like radiance
• चन्द्रवर्चसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्रवर्चस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārāyaṇa
• Candra (the Moon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True excellence is portrayed as devotion-centered life: those who place Nārāyaṇa as their supreme goal gain an inner luminosity (varcas) that symbolizes purity, serenity, and spiritual attainment rather than worldly dominance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a realm or community where people are devoted to Nārāyaṇa and are characterized by moon-like radiance, setting up an idealized model of spiritually perfected devotees within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on higher dharma.