Shloka 24

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

अयोनीन ग्नियोनींश्र ब्रह्मयोनींस्तथैव च । सर्वभूतात्मयोनींश्व॒ तान्‌ नमस्याम्यहं सदा,जो स्त्री नहीं रखते अर्थात्‌ ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन करते हैं, जो अग्निहोत्रसे युक्त हैं तथा जो वेदोंको धारण करनेवाले हैं और समस्त प्राणियोंके आत्मस्वरूप परमात्माको ही सबका कारण माननेवाले हैं उनकी मैं सदा वन्दना करता हूँ

Transliteration

ayonīn agniyonīṁś ca brahmayonīṁs tathaiva ca | sarvabhūtātmayonīṁś ca tān namasyāmy ahaṁ sadā ||

Translation

Narada said: “I ever bow to those who are not born from a womb (the self-born), to those whose source is the sacred fire, to those sprung from Brahman, and to those whose origin is the very Self of all beings—recognizing the Supreme Self as the ultimate cause of all.”

Word by Word

अयोनीन्those who are without women (celibate)

अग्नियोनीन्those whose source/line is fire; connected with Agni (agnihotra)

ब्रह्मयोनीन्those whose source is Brahman/Veda; Veda-based

तथाand also/likewise

एवindeed/just

चand

सर्वभूतात्मयोनीन्those who regard the Supreme Self of all beings as the source/cause (of all)

तान्them

नमस्यामिI bow to / I worship

अहम्I

सदाalways

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Agni

Brahman

Atman (Self of all beings)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes