Shloka 71

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

मनीषितं च प्राप्रोति चिन्तयन्‌ पुरुषोत्तमम्‌ | एकान्तभक्ति: सततं नारायणपरायण:

Transliteration

manīṣitaṃ ca prāpnoti cintayan puruṣottamam | ekāntabhaktiḥ satataṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: من كانت عبادته خالصة لا يشوبها غير، ثابتًا على الدوام، لا ملجأ له إلا نارايانا—فبمداومة التفكّر في بُروشوتّما، الشخص الأسمى—يبلغه وينال غاية القلب المنشودة.

Word by Word

• मनीषितम्: the desired/cherished object (one's wish)
• मनीषितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषित (प्रातिपदिक; √मन्/मनीष्-भाव)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्राप्नोति: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (प्र + आप्)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• चिन्तयन्: thinking/meditating (upon)
• चिन्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• पुरुषोत्तमम्: the Supreme Person
• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Puruṣottama
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Exclusive, unwavering devotion to Nārāyaṇa—expressed as continuous contemplation of the Supreme Person—leads to attaining Him and fulfilling the highest spiritual aim.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, in the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, states a general spiritual principle: the devotee who remains one-pointed and constantly remembers Puruṣottama (Nārāyaṇa) reaches the Lord.