Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

यैर्लक्षणैरुपेत: स हरिरव्यक्तरूपधृक्‌ | तैर्लक्षणैरुपेतौ हि व्यक्तरूपधरौ युवाम्‌

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | yair lakṣaṇair upetaḥ sa harir avyaktarūpadhṛk | tair lakṣaṇair upetau hi vyaktarūpadharau yuvām |

Translation

Nārada nói: “Đức Hari, Đấng mang hình tướng vô hiển (avyakta), vốn đầy đủ những dấu hiệu đặc thù. Hai ngài tuy mang hình tướng hiển lộ (vyakta), nhưng quả thật cũng được trang nghiêm bởi chính những dấu hiệu ấy. Ngay lúc này, khi chiêm ngưỡng hai ngài—những Bậc Nhân Thể vĩnh hằng—ta như đang thấy lại thị kiến về Đấng ngự tại Śvetadvīpa.”

Word by Word

• यैः: by which
• यैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• लक्षणैः: by characteristics/marks
• लक्षणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• उपेतः: endowed (with)
• उपेतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-इ (उपेत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अव्यक्त-रूप-धृक्: bearing an unmanifest form
• अव्यक्त-रूप-धृक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्तरूपधृक्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• लक्षणैः: by characteristics/marks
• लक्षणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• उपेतौ: endowed (with) (you two)
• उपेतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-इ (उपेत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• व्यक्त-रूप-धरौ: bearing a manifest form
• व्यक्त-रूप-धरौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्तरूपधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śvetadvīpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes recognition of the one divine reality across different modes of appearance: the same sacred ‘marks’ that signify Hari in an unmanifest state are present in manifest embodiments as well, teaching continuity of divine identity beyond form.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses two manifest ‘eternal persons’ and says that seeing them recalls his earlier vision of Hari in Śvetadvīpa; he identifies them by the same distinguishing signs he observed in the Lord’s unmanifest form.