Shloka 46

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

Devanagari script

वर्धयन्तस्तथैवान्ये पूजयन्तस्तथापरे । वाम्भिक्रग्भूषितार्थाभि: स्तुवन्तो मधुसूदनम्‌

Transliteration

vardhayantas tathaivānye pūjayantas tathāpare | vāmbhikragbhūṣitārthābhiḥ stuvanto madhusūdanam |

Translation

কিছুমানে অভিনন্দন-বচনেৰে তেওঁৰ মান বৃদ্ধি কৰিলে; কিছুমানে পূজা কৰি প্ৰশংসা কৰিলে; আৰু কিছুমানে অৰ্থসমৃদ্ধ ঋগ্বৈদিক ঋচাৰে মধুসূদনৰ স্তৱ গালে।

Word by Word

• वर्धयन्तः: congratulating / increasing (his glory)
• वर्धयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्धयत् (वर्ध् + णिच्)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोग (कर्तरि), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पूजयन्तः: worshipping, honoring
• पूजयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूजयत् (पूज् + णिच्)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोग (कर्तरि), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अपरे: others (some more)
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ऋग्भिः: with (Rigvedic) verses
• ऋग्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच्
• Form: स्त्री, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अर्थाभिः: with meanings / with import
• अर्थाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• वाम्भि: (uncertain reading; possibly an intensifier/qualifier in this transmission)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वाम्भि (पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप)

• स्तुवन्तः: praising
• स्तुवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तुवत् (स्तु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोग (कर्तरि), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मधुसूदनम्: Madhusūdana (Krishna)
• मधुसूदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• मधुसूदन (Madhusūdana / Kṛṣṇa)
• ऋग्वेद (Ṛgveda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dhārmic reverence: honoring the worthy can take multiple legitimate forms—congratulation, worship, and scriptural praise—showing that devotion is expressed through both heartfelt respect and Vedic, meaning-rich speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes a scene where different groups respond to Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa) by honoring him in varied ways: some offer felicitations, some perform acts of worship, and others recite meaningful Ṛgvedic verses to extol him.