Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

दृष्टौ युवां मया तत्र तस्य देवस्य पार्श्चत: । इहैव चागतो<स्म्यद्य विसृष्ट: परमात्मना

Transliteration

dṛṣṭau yuvāṃ mayā tatra tasya devasya pārśvataḥ | ihaiva cāgato 'smy adya visṛṣṭaḥ paramātmanā ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“我也曾在彼处见到你们二位，侍立在那位神圣主宰身旁。今日我再来此地——乃由至上自性（Paramātman，至尊我）所遣。”

Word by Word

• दृष्टौ: seen (you two)
• दृष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुं, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचनम्

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: true

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• पार्श्वतः: at the side of
• पार्श्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: true, तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह
• Form: true

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: true

• आगतः: come/arrived
• आगतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचनम्

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: true

• विसृष्टः: sent/commissioned
• विसृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु) → विसृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• परमात्मना: by the Supreme Self
• परमात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमात्मन्
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, एकवचनम्

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• deva (the divine Lord)
• Paramātman (Supreme Self)
• yuvām (two addressed persons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes divine oversight and purposeful guidance: Nārada’s arrival is not random but a commission from the Paramātman, underscoring that righteous counsel and timely instruction can be instruments of the Supreme.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses two individuals, stating that he has seen them earlier in the presence of a divine Lord and that he has now come again to the present place, explicitly sent by the Supreme Self to deliver a message or guidance.