Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

उक्तश्न मानुषेण त्वं पथा गच्छेत्यविस्मित: । न प्रभावेण गन्तव्यमन्तरिक्षचरेण वै

Transliteration

uktaś ca mānuṣeṇa tvaṁ pathā gacchety avismitaḥ | na prabhāveṇa gantavyam antarīkṣacareṇa vai ||

Translation

毗湿摩毫不惊异地说：“吾子，当循凡人所行之路而去。切莫倚仗殊胜瑜伽之力，凌空而行。”

Word by Word

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• स्न: indeed/then (metrical filler particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्न (निपात/पादपूरण)

• मानुषेण: by/with a human (person)
• मानुषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• पथा: by the path/route
• पथा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अविस्मितः: unastonished, without surprise
• अविस्मितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविस्मित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्रभावेण: by power, by (supernatural) might
• प्रभावेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गन्तव्यम्: should be gone/one should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, obligation/necessity (impersonal)

• अन्तरिक्षचरेण: by one who moves in the sky; by aerial travel
• अन्तरिक्षचरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अन्तरिक्षचर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even if one possesses extraordinary powers, one should practice restraint and follow the ordinary, socially appropriate course of action; dharma favors humility and non-display of power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma instructs a younger person (addressed as “my son”) to travel by the normal human route and explicitly forbids traveling through the sky by means of special power, speaking calmly and without excitement.