Shloka 30

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

प्राप्य श्वेतं महाद्वीपं दृष्टवा च हरिमव्ययम्‌

Transliteration

prāpya śvetaṁ mahādvīpaṁ dṛṣṭvā ca harim avyayam, rājan! śvetanāmaka-mahādvīpe gatvā tatra avināśinaḥ śrīhareḥ darśanaṁ kṛtvā yadā nāradaḥ pratyāvavṛte, tadā sa mahāvegena meruparvate samupāgamat. paramātmā śrīhariṇā tena saha yad uktam, tasya kāryabhāraṁ sa hṛdayena vahann iva babhūva.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Tâu Đại vương, đến được đại châu Śveta và chiêm bái Hari bất hoại, Nārada liền trở về. Rồi với tốc lực lớn, ngài đến núi Meru. Những lời mà Đấng Tối Thượng Śrī Hari đã phán dạy, Nārada cất giữ trong tim như một trọng trách thiêng liêng—mang lấy sức nặng của mệnh lệnh thần linh bằng ý chí kiên định.”

Word by Word

• प्राप्य: having reached/obtained
• प्राप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे, अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः), कर्तरि, absolutive (having obtained)

• श्वेतम्: white (named Śveta)
• श्वेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाद्वीपम्: the great island/continent
• महाद्वीपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा, कर्तरि, absolutive (having seen)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अव्ययम्: imperishable
• अव्ययम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Nārada
• Śrī Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śveta Mahādvīpa
• Mount Meru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A true spiritual encounter is not merely visionary; it becomes responsibility. Nārada’s ‘darśana’ of the imperishable Lord culminates in a task entrusted by the Supreme, which he bears inwardly with seriousness—modeling how divine instruction should translate into committed action and ethical resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya that Nārada reached Śveta Mahādvīpa, obtained the vision of the eternal Hari, then returned swiftly and arrived at Mount Meru. He carries in his heart the weight of what Śrī Hari told him—implying he has been given a mission or message to fulfill.