Shloka 26

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

तस्य मे तप्ततपसो निगृहीतेन्द्रियस्थ च । नारायणप्रसादेन क्षीरोदस्यानुकूलत:

Transliteration

tasya me taptatapaso nigṛhītendriyastha ca | nārāyaṇaprasādena kṣīrodasyānukūlataḥ ||

Translation

ইন্দ্রিয় সংযম করে তপস্যা সম্পূর্ণ করার পর, ভগবান নারায়ণের প্রসাদে এবং ক্ষীরসাগরের অনুকূলতায়, সমুদ্রতটে আমি ইচ্ছামতো তিন কালের জ্ঞান লাভ করলাম। অতএব তোমাদের সংশয় দূর করতে আমি উত্তম ও ন্যায়সঙ্গত কথা বলব; মনোযোগ দিয়ে শোনো।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तप्त-तपसः: of (me) whose austerity has been performed / of one who has done penance
• तप्त-तपसः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्त (तप्) + तपस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• निगृहीत-इन्द्रियस्थ: of (me) abiding with senses restrained / self-controlled
• निगृहीत-इन्द्रियस्थ: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निगृहीत (नि+ग्रह्) + इन्द्रिय + स्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• नारायण-प्रसादेन: by the grace/favor of Nārāyaṇa
• नारायण-प्रसादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण + प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षीरोदस्य: of the Ocean of Milk
• क्षीरोदस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीरोद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अनुकूलतः: favorably / according to (my) wish
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुकूलतस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārāyaṇa
• Kṣīroda (Ocean of Milk)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True insight is presented as arising from disciplined austerity and restraint of the senses, but it is ultimately perfected by divine grace (Nārāyaṇa-prasāda). Such knowledge should then be used ethically—to resolve doubts and articulate what is just (nyāyocita).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana explains the authority behind his forthcoming instruction: after completing tapas and mastering self-control, he received—through Nārāyaṇa’s favor and the auspicious setting of the Ocean of Milk—knowledge of the three times. He now promises to answer the listeners’ doubts with a proper, justice-aligned teaching.