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Shloka 10

यत्र देवो महाबाहु: शाश्वतः पुरुषोत्तम: । अनादिनिधनो विप्र किमाश्नर्यमत: परम्‌

yatra devo mahābāhuḥ śāśvataḥ puruṣottamaḥ | anādinidhano vipra kim āścaryam ataḥ param ||

قال الناغا: «يا براهمن، أيُّ عجبٍ أعظم من هذا: أن في الإشراق الفائق للشمس يقيم البوروṣوتّما الأزلي، عظيم الذراعين، الذي لا بداية له ولا نهاية؟ منه تنشأ شتّى بذور الحياة، وبسنده تُصان هذه الأرض كلّها، بما فيها المتحرك والساكن. فإذا كان نارايانا نفسه يتلألأ في قرص الشمس، فأيُّ شيءٍ يمكن أن يفوق ذلك عجبًا؟»

यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
देवःthe god
देवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाबाहुःmighty-armed
महाबाहुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाबाहु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शाश्वतःeternal
शाश्वतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशाश्वत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुरुषोत्तमःthe Supreme Person
पुरुषोत्तमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुषोत्तम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनादिनिधनःwithout beginning and without end
अनादिनिधनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनादिनिधन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विप्रO brahmin
विप्र:
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
आश्चर्यम्wonder, marvel
आश्चर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अतःthan this; from this
अतः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
परम्higher, beyond
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
विप्रवरO best of brahmins
विप्रवर:
TypeNoun
Rootविप्रवर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

नाग उवाच

N
Nāga (speaker)
V
Vipra (brāhmaṇa addressee)
P
Puruṣottama
N
Nārāyaṇa
S
Sūrya (Sun; implied by context of the solar orb/radiance)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the supreme, beginningless Lord (Puruṣottama/Nārāyaṇa) as the inner support of cosmic order—so present and powerful that even the Sun’s radiance is portrayed as his abode; recognizing this evokes reverence and wonder.

A Nāga addresses a brāhmaṇa and points to a theological-cosmological marvel: the Supreme Lord is said to dwell in the Sun’s sphere, from whom life’s ‘seeds’ arise and by whose support the earth and all beings are sustained.