Shloka 37

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

Devanagari script

येन देवा: पवित्रेण भुज्जते लोकमुत्तमम्‌ । यत्‌ पवित्र पवित्राणां तद्‌ घृतं शिरसा वहेत्‌,देवगण भी जिस पवित्र घृतके प्रभावसे उत्तम-उत्तम लोकका पालन करते हैं तथा जो पवित्र वस्तुओंमें सबसे बढ़कर पवित्र है, उससे घृतको शिरोधार्य करे

Transliteration

yena devāḥ pavitreṇa bhuñjate lokam uttamam | yat pavitra pavitrāṇāṁ tad ghṛtaṁ śirasā vahet |

Translation

Vyāsa said: “By that purifying substance through which the gods partake of and sustain the highest worlds—and which is the purest among all that is pure—one should bear ghee upon one’s head as a sacred, reverential act.”

Word by Word

येनby which

देवाःthe gods

पवित्रेणwith/through the purifier (sacred means)

भुञ्जतेenjoy/partake (of), experience

लोकम्world, realm

उत्तमम्best, highest

यत्which/that (thing)

पवित्रम्pure, purifying

पवित्राणाम्of purifiers / of sacred things

तत्that

घृतम्ghee

शिरसाwith the head; on the head

वहेत्should bear/carry (should hold as venerable)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

devāḥ (gods)

ghṛta (ghee)

uttama-loka (highest worlds)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes