Shloka 79
Devanagari script
नरनारायणावेतौ पुराणावृषिसत्तमौ । अनियम्यौ नियन्तारावेतौ तस्मात् परंतपौ
Transliteration
nara-nārāyaṇāv etau purāṇāv ṛṣi-sattamau | aniyamyau niyantārāv etau tasmāt paraṃtapau ||
Translation
三阇耶说道：“这二位正是那古老的圣仙——那罗与那罗延——诸仙中最胜者。他们不受任何人节制；相反，他们才是万有的统御者。因此，他们完全有能力灼烧并降伏其敌。”
Word by Word
नरनारायणौNara and Narayana
नरनारायणौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर + नारायण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
एतौthese two
एतौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
पुराणौancient
पुराणौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुराण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
ऋषिसत्तमौbest of sages
ऋषिसत्तमौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि + सत्तम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अनियम्यौnot to be restrained/controlled
अनियम्यौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + नियम्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
नियन्तारौcontrollers/rulers
नियन्तारौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनियन्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
एतौthese two
एतौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
तस्मात्therefore/for that reason
तस्मात्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मात् (तद्)
Formtrue
परंतपौscorchers of foes
परंतपौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)न
नर (Nara)न
नारायण (Nārāyaṇa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
True spiritual authority is self-governed and rooted in dharma: Nara-Nārāyaṇa are portrayed as beyond external control because they embody the principle that regulates others—hence their moral and cosmic supremacy.
In the midst of the war-reporting, Sañjaya invokes the stature of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, emphasizing their primeval rishi-status and irresistible power, to frame the combatants’ prowess as grounded in a higher, divine order.