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Shloka 11

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते देवात्‌ सर्वभूतगतं मन: । चन्द्रमा येन संयुक्त: प्रकाशगुणधारण:

tasmāc cottiṣṭhate devāt sarvabhūtagataṃ manaḥ | candramā yena saṃyuktaḥ prakāśaguṇadhāraṇaḥ ||

Aus eben dieser Gottheit geht der Geist hervor, der in allen Wesen wohnt. Mit diesem Geist vereint, trägt der Mond die Eigenschaft des Leuchtens.

तस्मात्from him/therefore
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, ablative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उत्पद्यतेarises/is produced
उत्पद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-पद्
Formpresent indicative, ātmanepada, third, singular
देवात्from the god
देवात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
सर्वभूतगतंgone into/abiding in all beings
सर्वभूतगतं:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वभूतगत
Formneuter, nominative, singular
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
चन्द्रमाthe moon
चन्द्रमा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्रमस्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
येनby which/with which
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine/neuter, instrumental, singular
संयुक्तःjoined/connected
संयुक्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-युज्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
प्रकाशगुणधारणःbearing the quality of light
प्रकाशगुणधारणः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रकाशगुणधारण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

नारद उवाच

N
Narada
D
Deva (the Divine source)
M
Manas (mind)
C
Chandra (the Moon)
P
Prakasha-guna (quality of illumination)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches divine immanence and dependence: the mind that operates within all beings originates from the supreme Deity, and even the Moon’s power to illuminate is portrayed as sustained through connection with that principle—linking cosmic order and inner psychology to a single sacred source.

Narada is describing a cosmological account of emanation: from the Deity arises the all-pervading mind, and through association with it the Moon bears the attribute of light. The statement functions as a theological explanation of how universal functions trace back to the divine.