Shloka 31

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

निवृत्तो नारदो राजंस्तरसा मेरुमागमत्‌ | हृदयेनोद्वहन्‌ भारं यदुक्ते परमात्मना

Transliteration

nivṛtto nārado rājan tarasā merum āgamat | hṛdayenodvahan bhāraṁ yad ukte paramātmanā ||

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“大王啊，纳罗陀回转之后，迅疾抵达须弥山。在他心中，承负着至上我（Paramātman）所托付之使命的重量。”

Word by Word

• निवृत्तः: returned
• निवृत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवृत्त (√वृत् + नि, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तरसा: with speed, swiftly
• तरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मेरुम्: Meru (mountain)
• मेरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आगमत्: came, arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• हृदयेन: in/with (his) heart
• हृदयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• उद्वहन्: bearing, carrying
• उद्वहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√वह् (शतृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारम्: burden
• भारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: what, that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उक्ते: when/after it was said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्त (√वच्, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• परमात्मना: by the Supreme Self
• परमात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārada
• Meru
• Paramātman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That divine counsel entails moral responsibility: Nārada carries the Lord’s instruction as a ‘burden’ in the heart, implying conscientious commitment, not casual transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

After completing a divine audience/mission (implied by the context), Nārada returns and quickly arrives at Mount Meru, inwardly holding the weight of what the Supreme Self has instructed him to accomplish.