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Shloka 12

नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation

न च प्रतिजघानास्य स गतिं पर्वतोत्तम: । तत्पश्चात्‌ उन पर्वतशिखरोंसे वे सहसा आगे निकल गये। वह श्रेष्ठ पर्वत उनकी गतिको रोक न सका ।। ततो महानभूच्छब्दो दिवि सर्वदिवौकसाम्‌

na ca pratijaghānāsya sa gatiṁ parvatottamaḥ | tatpaścāt tu na parvataśikharaiḥ saḥ sahasā agre nirgataḥ | sa śreṣṭhaḥ parvatas tasya gatiṁ roddhuṁ na śaśāka || tato mahān abhūc chabdo divi sarvadivaukasām ||

Bhīṣma nói: Ngọn núi tối thượng ấy không thể ngăn nổi đà tiến của người; nó chẳng phản kích, cũng chẳng cản trở bước đi. Rồi người vụt vượt qua những đỉnh núi kia, lao vút về phía trước—động lực mạnh đến nỗi ngay cả núi tốt nhất cũng không sao kìm giữ. Bấy giờ, giữa cõi trời, trong hàng ngũ chư thiên, một tiếng gầm vang dậy lớn lao nổi lên.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रतिजघानstruck back / repelled
प्रतिजघान:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-हन् (जघान)
FormPerfect (Paroksha), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
अस्यof him/it
अस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (अस्मद्-प्रत्ययान्त रूप; idam-pronoun stem)
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
गतिम्movement, course, speed
गतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगति
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
पर्वत-उत्तमःthe best mountain
पर्वत-उत्तमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत + उत्तम
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
महान्great
महान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अभूत्arose, happened, became
अभूत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (Lan), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
शब्दःsound, noise
शब्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
दिविin heaven, in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्
Formfeminine, locative, singular
सर्व-दिवौकसाम्of all the dwellers in heaven (gods)
सर्व-दिवौकसाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + दिवौकस्
Formmasculine, genitive, plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
P
parvata (mountain)
P
parvata-śikhara (mountain-peaks)
D
divaukas (celestial beings)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the idea of irresistible momentum—when a being’s force (physical or moral) is fully set in motion, even seemingly immovable obstacles may fail to restrain it; the cosmic reaction (the roar among celestials) highlights how extraordinary acts reverberate beyond the immediate scene.

A figure moves with such speed and power that the foremost mountain cannot check his course; he shoots past the mountain-peaks, and a tremendous sound arises in the heavens among the celestial beings, marking the event as wondrous and momentous.