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Shloka 25

अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्

Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas

नारद उवाच वेदेषु सपुराणेषु साड़ोपाड्रेषु गीयसे । त्वमज: शाश्वतो धाता माता5मृतमनुत्तमम्‌

nārada uvāca | vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu gīyase | tvam ajaḥ śāśvato dhātā mātā pitā ca sarvataḥ | amṛtam anuttamam ||

قال نارادا: «يا ربّ، في الفيدات مع البورانات، وفي العلوم بما لها من أركانٍ وفروعٍ، إنما يُتغنّى بمجدك أنت. أنت غير مولودٍ وأزليّ، الحافظ الخالق؛ أنت أمّ العالم وأبوه، وأنت الأمْرِتَا العليا—رحيق الخلود الذي لا يموت.»

नारदःNarada
नारदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वेदेषुin the Vedas
वेदेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
स-पुराणेषुtogether with the Puranas / in the (texts) along with the Puranas
स-पुराणेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
स-अङ्ग-उपाङ्गेषुwith the limbs and sub-limbs (i.e., with ancillary disciplines)
स-अङ्ग-उपाङ्गेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग/उपाङ्ग
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
गीयसेyou are sung/praised
गीयसे:
TypeVerb
Rootगै
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
अजःunborn
अजः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शाश्वतःeternal
शाश्वतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशाश्वत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धाताcreator/sustainer (the ordainer)
धाता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
माताmother
माता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अमृतम्nectar/immortality
अमृतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, supreme
अनुत्तमम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
V
Vedas
P
Purāṇas

Educational Q&A

The verse affirms that the Supreme Lord is the ultimate subject of scriptural praise and the source of all support: unborn, eternal, the universal parent, and the highest immortality. Ethically, it grounds dharma in reverence for the transcendent foundation that scriptures point toward.

Narada addresses the Lord in a devotional register, declaring that all authoritative traditions—Vedas, Purāṇas, and their ancillary disciplines—celebrate the same Supreme Reality, whom he describes with classic epithets of divinity and immortality.