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Shloka 92

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

त॑ देवो दर्शयामास कृत्वा हयशिरो महत्‌ | साड्नावर्तयन्‌ वेदान्‌ कमण्डलुत्रिदण्डधूक्‌ू,तब भगवानने महान्‌ हयग्रीवरूप धारण करके ब्रह्माजीको दर्शन दिया। वे कमण्डलु और त्रिदण्ड धारण करके छहों अंगोंसहित वेदोंकी आवृत्ति कर रहे थे

taṁ devo darśayāmāsa kṛtvā hayaśiro mahat | ṣaḍ-aṅgān āvartayan vedān kamaṇḍalu-tridaṇḍa-dhṛk ||

Vyāsa sprach: Jenes göttliche Wesen offenbarte sich, indem es eine gewaltige pferdeköpfige Gestalt annahm. Mit kamaṇḍalu (Wassergefäß) und tridaṇḍa (dreifachem Stab) versehen, rezitierte es die Veden samt ihren sechs Hilfsdisziplinen—ein Brahmā sichtbar gewordenes Bild von gezügelter Gelehrsamkeit und asketischer Selbstbeherrschung.

तत्that (form/thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
देवःthe god
देवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दर्शयामासcaused to be seen; showed
दर्शयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPerfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Yes
कृत्वाhaving made; having assumed
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Active
हयशिरःa horse-head
हयशिरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहयशिरस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
महत्great
महत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
षट्six
षट्:
TypeNumeral
Rootषट्
Form—, —, —
आवर्तयन्reciting; causing to be repeated
आवर्तयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत्
FormPresent active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Parasmaipada, Yes
वेदान्the Vedas
वेदान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
कमण्डलु-त्रिदण्ड-धृक्bearing a water-pot and a triple staff
कमण्डलु-त्रिदण्ड-धृक्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकमण्डलु + त्रिदण्ड + धृक् (धृ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
H
Hayagrīva (horse-headed divine form)
V
Vedas
Ṣaḍaṅga / Vedāṅgas
K
kamaṇḍalu
T
tridaṇḍa
B
Brahmā

Educational Q&A

True authority in dharma is grounded in disciplined Vedic knowledge and ascetic self-restraint: the divine is portrayed not as mere power, but as a teacher who embodies study (Veda with Vedāṅgas) and renunciation (kamaṇḍalu, tridaṇḍa).

Vyāsa narrates a theophany: the deity manifests in the great horse-headed (Hayagrīva) form and appears before Brahmā, reciting the Vedas along with the six Vedāṅgas while holding the ascetic emblems of a water-pot and threefold staff.