Shloka 93

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

Devanagari script

ध्यायता भगवद्धाक्यं चेष्टितं किमत: परम्‌ । जनमेजय बोले--भगवन्‌! भगवान्‌ नारायणके कथनपर विचार करते हुए देवर्षि नारद जब श्वेतद्वीपसे लौट आये, तब उसके बाद उन्होंने क्या किया?

Transliteration

dhyāyatā bhagavadvākyaṃ ceṣṭitaṃ kim ataḥ param | janamejaya uvāca—bhagavan! bhagavān nārāyaṇasya kathanam anusmṛtya vicārayataḥ devarṣer nāradasya śvetadvīpāt pratyāgatasyānantaraṃ kiṃ kṛtam?

Translation

阇那梅阇耶说道：“尊者！天仙那罗陀自白洲（Śvetadvīpa）归来，心中反复思惟世尊那罗延之言；其后他又作何举动？由此观思，又引出了怎样的后续行持？”

Word by Word

• ध्यायता: by/while contemplating
• ध्यायता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्याय्
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भगवत्: of the Lord
• भगवत्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चेष्टितम्: conduct/act
• चेष्टितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्टित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अतः: than this/from this
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• परम्: higher/further
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Nārada
• Nārāyaṇa
• Śvetadvīpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dhāraṇā and vicāra—ethical learning begins with sustained reflection on divine instruction, and then asks how that inner contemplation should translate into right action (ceṣṭita).

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya asks the narrator to continue the account: after Nārada returns from Śvetadvīpa and reflects on Nārāyaṇa’s words, what he did next and what events followed.