Shloka 15
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
अहो नारायणं तेजो दुर्दर्श द्विजसत्तम । यत्राविशन्ति कल्पान्ते सर्वे ब्रह्मादय: सुरा:
aho nārāyaṇaṁ tejo durdarśa dvijasattama | yatrāviśanti kalpānte sarve brahmādayaḥ surāḥ ||
阇那美阇耶说道：“婆罗门中最胜者啊，那罗延的光辉实在奇妙，凡人难以直视。劫末之时，自梵天起的一切诸神皆入于彼而被摄受消融。因此，无论人间还是天界，我不承认有谁比他更为至净、更为伟大。”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms Nārāyaṇa as the supreme, most pure reality whose radiance is beyond ordinary perception, and into whom even the highest gods (including Brahmā) are ultimately absorbed at cosmic dissolution—supporting a devotional and theistic hierarchy grounded in cosmic order.
Janamejaya, addressing a foremost Brahmin, expresses awe at Nārāyaṇa’s unapproachable splendor and states his conviction that no being in heaven or on earth surpasses Nārāyaṇa, since all deities culminate in Him at the end of the aeon.