Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अतः आपके उस उपदेशसे प्रभावित होकर मैं प्रतिदिन अविनाशी भगवान्‌ वैकुण्ठका यजन करता हूँ। उन्हींसे सर्वप्रथम लोकपितामह ब्रह्माजी प्रकट हुए हैं ।। मम वै पितरं प्रीत: परमेष्ठ्यप्पजीजनत्‌ | अहं संकल्पजस्तस्य पुत्र: प्रथमकल्पित:

Transliteration

mama vai pitaraṁ prītaḥ parameṣṭhy apy ajījanat | ahaṁ saṅkalpajas tasya putraḥ prathamakalpitaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Ihm wohlgefällig, ließ der Höchste Herr zuerst meinen Vater entstehen, den erhabenen Parameṣṭhin Brahmā. Ich selbst bin Brahmās gedankengeborener Sohn, unter seine früheste Nachkommenschaft eingesetzt. So, von jener Unterweisung bewegt, verehre ich täglich den unvergänglichen Herrn Vaikuṇṭha.“

Word by Word

ममof me / my

वैindeed

पितरम्father

प्रीतःpleased

परमेष्ठीthe Supreme Lord (Paramesthin)

अपिalso / even

अजीजनत्begot / generated

अहम्I

संकल्पजःborn of (his) will/thought

तस्यof him / his

पुत्रःson

प्रथमकल्पितःfirst-created / first-appointed

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Vaikuṇṭha (Viṣṇu)

Brahmā (Parameṣṭhin/Lokapitāmaha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes devotion to the imperishable Lord (Vaikuṇṭha/Viṣṇu) as the supreme source of creation: even Brahmā, the cosmic progenitor, arises from Him. It also highlights the lineage of spiritual-cosmic transmission—Nārada as a mind-born son of Brahmā—grounding authority in a sacred origin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada speaks about his daily worship of Lord Vaikuṇṭha, explaining that the Lord first manifested Brahmā (his father). He then identifies himself as Brahmā’s saṅkalpaja (mind-born) son, among the earliest created beings, thereby situating his testimony within the cosmic genealogy.