Shloka 35

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

नारायणानुशास्ता हि तदा देवी सरस्वती । विवेश तानृषीन्‌ सर्वाल्लॉंकानां हितकाम्यया

Transliteration

nārāyaṇānuśāstā hi tadā devī sarasvatī | viveśa tān ṛṣīn sarvāl lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: At that time, the goddess Sarasvatī—acting under Nārāyaṇa’s command—entered into all those sages, moved by the wish to bring welfare to all the worlds.

Word by Word

• नारायण: by Nārāyaṇa
• नारायण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनुशास्ता: having been instructed/commanded
• अनुशास्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनुशास्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हित: welfare/good
• हित: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• काम्यया: with the desire (for)
• काम्यया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम्य
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārāyaṇa
• Sarasvatī
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Lokas (worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True knowledge and eloquent teaching (Sarasvatī) are presented as divinely guided and ethically directed: inspiration should serve lokahita—universal welfare—rather than personal gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Under Nārāyaṇa’s instruction, Sarasvatī enters the assembled sages, empowering them from within so that their insight and speech may benefit all the worlds.