Shloka 14
Adhyāya 352: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Saṃvāda — Uñchavrata-niścaya
Dialogue and the Resolve to Practice Uñchavrata
उत्थापयामास तदा प्रभुरेक: प्रजापति: । उवाच चैनं भगवांश्रविरस्यागतमात्मजम्
utthāpayāmāsa tadā prabhur ekaḥ prajāpatiḥ | uvāca cainaṃ bhagavān śravi(r)asyāgatam ātmajam |
قال فايشَمبايانا: عندئذٍ رفعه الربُّ الواحدُ السيِّد، براجابَتي. ثم خاطبه المباركُ—ابنه هو، الذي جاء بعد زمنٍ طويل. ولمّا رأى شِيفا ساجدًا عند قدميه إجلالًا، ابتهج براجابَتي ورفعه بيمينه، ثم كلّمه بوقارٍ مشوبٍ بالمودّة، كأبٍ يستقبل ولدًا عاد بعد غياب.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds humility and reverence even among exalted beings: sincere prostration is met with gracious uplift. Ethically, it models how authority should respond to devotion—not with domination, but with compassionate elevation and affectionate instruction.
Śiva approaches and bows at Prajāpati/Brahmā’s feet. Prajāpati, pleased, lifts him up with his right hand and begins to speak to him as to a long-absent son, setting up the ensuing discourse.