Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तौ नासत्यावद्चिनौ वां महे5हं स्रजं च यां बिभूथ: पुष्करस्य । तौ नासत्यावमृतावृतावृधा- वृते देवास्तत्प्रपदे न सूते,अश्विनीकुमारो! आप ही दोनों “नासत्य' नामसे प्रसिद्ध हैं। मैं आपकी तथा आपने जो कमलकी माला धारण कर रखी है, उसकी पूजा करता हूँ। आप अमर होनेके साथ ही सत्यका पोषण और विस्तार करनेवाले हैं। आपके सहयोगके बिना देवता भी उस सनातन सत्यकी प्राप्तिमें समर्थ नहीं हैं

Transliteration

tau nāsatyāv adcinau vāṁ mahe 'haṁ srajaṁ ca yāṁ bibhūthaḥ puṣkarasya | tau nāsatyāv amṛtāv ṛtāvṛdhāv ṛte devās tat prapade na sūte | aśvinīkumārau ||

Translation

Rāma said: “You two are famed by the name Nāsatya. I offer worship to you, and to the lotus-garland you wear. Though immortal, you are those who nourish and expand ṛta—the eternal order of truth. Without your aid, even the gods are not able to attain that primeval Truth.”

Word by Word

तौthose two

नासत्यौthe two Nāsatyas (Aśvins)

अद्चिनौthe two (Aśvins) of swift/bright course (epithet; reading uncertain)

वाम्you two

महेI worship / I honor

अहम्I

स्रजम्garland

चand

याम्which

बिभूथःyou two have borne / have worn

पुष्करस्यof the lotus

तौthose two

नासत्यौthe two Nāsatyas

अमृतौimmortal

ऋतावृधाincreasers/nourishers of ṛta (truth/cosmic order)

ऋतावृधाnourishers of truth (repeated epithet)

ऋतेwithout / except

देवाःthe gods

तत्that

प्रपदेhas attained / has reached

नnot

सूतेbrings forth / accomplishes

अश्विनीकुमारौO two Aśvin-sons (Aśvins)

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma

Nāsatya (Aśvin twin epithet)

Aśvinī-kumāras (Aśvin twins)

Devas (gods)

Puṣkara (lotus)

Lotus garland (sraj)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that ṛta—truth as cosmic and moral order—is sustained through divine support; even the gods require the Aśvins’ aid to reach or uphold that eternal Truth. Devotion here is linked to recognizing the sources that nourish truth and right order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma addresses the Aśvin twins (called Nāsatyas), offering reverence to them and to their lotus garland, and extols them as immortal upholders of ṛta, emphasizing their indispensable role even for the gods.