Shloka 14

The Greatness of the Hymn to Tulasī

Devanagari script

पूजनं वासुदेवस्य लक्षकोटिगुणं भवेत् । प्रभावं तव देवेशि गायंति सुरसत्तमाः

Transliteration

pūjanaṃ vāsudevasya lakṣakoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet | prabhāvaṃ tava deveśi gāyaṃti surasattamāḥ

Translation

إن عبادة فاسوديفا تُثمر ثوابًا مضاعفًا مئات الألوف وكرورات. يا ديفي، إن خيرة الآلهة ينشدون قدرتك العجيبة.

Word by Word

• पूजनम्: worship
• पूजनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• लक्ष-कोटि-गुणम्: a hundred-thousand-crore-fold (immensely multiplied)
• लक्ष-कोटि-गुणम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुष (lakṣa-koṭi-guṇam = having lakhs of crores of times as multiplier)

• भवेत्: would be / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रभावम्: power, glory
• प्रभावम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देवेशि: O goddess/queen of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• गायन्ति: sing (praise)
• गायन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुर-सत्तमाः: the best of the gods
• सुर-सत्तमाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (surāṇāṃ sattamāḥ = best among the gods)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to identify the dialogue pair)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: lakṣakoṭiguṇaṃ → lakṣa-koṭi-guṇam; surasattamāḥ → sura-sattamāḥ.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva

FAQs

What does this verse teach about the spiritual fruit of worshipping Vāsudeva?

It states that Vāsudeva-pūjā produces extraordinarily amplified merit (lakṣa–koṭi-fold), underscoring devotion to Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa as highly efficacious.

Who is addressed as “Deveśi” here?

“Deveśi” is a vocative address to a Goddess as the sovereign/lady of the gods; the exact identity (e.g., Pārvatī, Lakṣmī, etc.) depends on the surrounding narrative context.

What ethical or devotional lesson is emphasized?

The verse promotes reverent worship and praises divine power, encouraging humility and steady devotion (bhakti) as a path to great spiritual benefit.