Shloka 253
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
स्निग्धगम्भीरया वाचा प्रहर्षणकरी विभो । “हम बारंबार यही सोचते थे कि हमें श्रीनारायणदेवका दर्शन कैसे प्राप्त होगा? तदनन्तर व्रतकी समाप्ति होनेपर हमें हर्ष प्रदान करनेवाली किसी शरीररहित वाणीने स्नेहपूर्ण गम्भीर स्वरसे इस प्रकार कहा--
snigdha-gambhīrayā vācā praharṣaṇakarī vibho | “vayaṃ bāraṃbāraṃ yad eva cintayāmaḥ—kathaṃ naḥ śrī-nārāyaṇa-devasya darśanaṃ prāpsyati? tadanantaram vratasyāvasāne naḥ harṣaṃ pradāyinī kācid aśarīrā vāk snigdhena gambhīreṇa svarenaivam uvāca—”
毗湿摩说道：“大能者啊，随后有一道声音——柔和而深沉，令人心生欢喜——开口说道。我们反复思量：‘我们如何才能得见那罗延尊（Nārāyaṇa）的圣容（darśana）？’其后，当誓行（vrata）圆满之时，一道无形之声以亲切而庄重的语调对我们如此说道——”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Persistent longing for divine vision, supported by disciplined observance (vrata), culminates in grace—here symbolized by a divine, bodiless voice that responds at the completion of the vow.
Bhishma narrates that after they repeatedly wondered how to obtain Lord Narayana’s darśana, the vow ended and a disembodied voice, gentle yet grave, spoke to them—introducing the divine response that follows.