Shloka 27

Adhyāya 223: Nāradasya Guṇa-kathana

Catalogue of Nārada’s Virtues

Devanagari script

गुहायां निहितानि त्वं मम रत्नानि पृच्छसि । यदा मे भविता कालस्तदा त्वं तानि द्रक्ष्यसि

Transliteration

guhāyāṁ nihitāni tvaṁ mama ratnāni pṛcchasi | yadā me bhavitā kālas tadā tvaṁ tāni drakṣyasi ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“你问起我的珍宝；它们已被藏在洞窟之中。待到对我而言时机成熟之时，你便会再度见到它们。”

Word by Word

• गुहायाम्: in a cave
• गुहायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• निहितानि: placed/hidden (having been deposited)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-धा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• रत्नानि: gems/treasures
• रत्नानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पृच्छसि: you ask (about)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Second, Singular

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• भविता: will be (will come to be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: तृच् (periphrastic future agent noun), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• treasures (ratnāni)
• cave (guhā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kāla (right timing) and discretion: what is precious should be safeguarded and disclosed only when the occasion is appropriate and beneficial in a dharmic sense.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma responds to an inquiry about his “treasures,” saying they have been hidden in a cave and will be shown when the proper time arrives, implying controlled revelation rather than immediate disclosure.