Shloka 26

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

जगत्स्रष्टमना देवो हरिनारायण: स्वयम्‌ | चिन्तयामास पुरुष॑ जगत्सर्गकरं प्रभुम्‌

Transliteration

jagat-sraṣṭa-manā devo hari-nārāyaṇaḥ svayam | cintayāmāsa puruṣaṁ jagat-sarga-karaṁ prabhum, sākṣāt bhagavān nārāyaṇaḥ |

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—জগত্‌ সৃষ্টির সংকল্পে স্বয়ং দেব হরি-নারায়ণ সেই পরম পুরুষকে ধ্যান করলেন, যিনি বিশ্বসৃষ্টিতে সর্বশক্তিমান, প্রত্যক্ষ প্রভু।

Word by Word

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्रष्टुम्: to create
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• मनाः: one whose mind (is set on)
• मनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरि-नारायणः: Hari and Narayana (as one epithet)
• हरि-नारायणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• चिन्तयामास: he contemplated/pondered
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरुषम्: a person (cosmic being)
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जगत्-सर्ग-करम्: the maker of the world's creation
• जगत्-सर्ग-करम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् + सर्ग + कर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभुम्: the lord
• प्रभुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Hari
• Nārāyaṇa
• Puruṣa (cosmic person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation is presented as a purposeful, conscious act: Nārāyaṇa, as supreme Lord, wills and conceives the agency of cosmic creation, emphasizing divine sovereignty and intentional order rather than randomness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Hari-Nārāyaṇa, desiring to create the universe, turns His mind toward (contemplates) a supreme Puruṣa—an empowered Lord capable of bringing forth the world’s creation.