Shloka 5

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

सतंब्राह्यया श्रिया युक्त ब्रह्मुतुल्यपराक्रमम्‌ । मेने पुत्र यदा व्यासो मोक्षधर्मविशारदम्‌

Transliteration

satāṁ brāhmyā śriyā yuktaṁ brahmatulya-parākramam | mene putra yadā vyāso mokṣa-dharma-viśāradam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说：当毗耶娑认定其子已具足清净高贵、近乎梵天的光辉，威力亦可比肩梵天，并且于解脱之法已臻娴熟时，便对他说：“孩子啊，如今你去往密提罗之王阇那迦处。那位君王将为你开示整个解脱之学的定论与精髓。”

Word by Word

• सताम्: of the good (people)
• सताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• ब्राह्म्यया: with brahmic/divine
• ब्राह्म्यया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रिया: splendour, fortune
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्तम्: endowed (with)
• युक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मतुल्यपराक्रमम्: having prowess equal to Brahmā
• ब्रह्मतुल्यपराक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म-तुल्य-पराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मेने: thought/considered
• मेने: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मविशारदम्: skilled in the dharma of liberation
• मोक्षधर्मविशारदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष-धर्म-विशारद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Vyasa
• Vyasa's son (unnamed in this verse)
• Janaka
• Mithila

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when one is already accomplished in spiritual discipline, the tradition emphasizes seeking the highest, distilled conclusion (sāra-siddhānta) from an authoritative knower. Liberation-teaching is presented as a specialized dharma requiring both maturity and guidance from a realized exemplar—here, Janaka, the king-sage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma recounts that Vyasa, recognizing his son’s spiritual brilliance and mastery of moksha-dharma, instructs him to go to King Janaka of Mithila, who is famed for teaching the essence of liberation while living as a ruler.