Shloka 4

कैलास-श्वेतगिरि-प्रवेशवर्णनम्

Approach to Śveta Mountain and Kailāsa; Lomāśa’s Warnings and Protective Instructions

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ द्रक्ष्यसि देवानामाक्रीडं चरणाडुकितम्‌ । अतिक्रान्तोडसि कौन्तेय कालशैलं च पर्वतम्‌

Transliteration

etad drakṣyasi devānām ākrīḍaṁ caraṇāḍukitam | atikrānto ’si kaunteya kālaśailaṁ ca parvatam ||

Translation

“Giờ đây ngài sẽ thấy sân chơi của chư thiên, nơi in dấu những vết chân của họ. Hỡi con của Kuntī, ngài đã vượt qua núi Kālaśaila rồi.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing/place)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्रक्ष्यसि: you will see
• द्रक्ष्यसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आक्रीडम्: playground; sporting-ground
• आक्रीडम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आक्रीड
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चरणाडुकितम्: trodden by feet; foot-worn
• चरणाडुकितम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चरणाडुकित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अतिक्रान्तः: having crossed; having passed beyond
• अतिक्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम्
• Form: Past participle (Kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Second, Singular

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kuntī
• कौन्तेय: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कालशैलम्: the Kālaśaila (Time-mountain / a mountain named Kālaśaila)
• कालशैलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालशैल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devas (gods)
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• Kālaśaila mountain
• Ākrīḍa (divine playground/sporting-ground)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence for sacred spaces: divine realms are approached through disciplined journeying, and their ‘marks’ (footprints/traces) invite humility and ethical self-restraint rather than mere curiosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

A guide (Logaśa) addresses a Kaunteya, announcing that he is about to see a divine sporting-ground of the gods and noting that he has already crossed the mountain called Kālaśaila, signaling progress into a more sacred or extraordinary region.