Shloka 64

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

या: क्रिया: सम्प्रयुक्ताश्न एकान्तगतबुद्धिभि: । ता: सर्वा: शिरसा देव: प्रतिगृह्नाति वै स्‍्वयम्‌,जिनकी बुद्धि अनन्य भावसे एकमात्र भगवानमें ही लगी हुई है, उन भक्तोंद्वारा जो क्रियाएँ समर्पित की जाती हैं, उन सबको वे भगवान्‌ स्वयं शिरोधार्य करते हैं

Transliteration

yāḥ kriyāḥ samprayuktāś ca ekāntagata-buddhibhiḥ | tāḥ sarvāḥ śirasā devaḥ pratigṛhṇāti vai svayam ||

Translation

Narada said: “Whatever acts and observances are performed and offered by those whose understanding has become one-pointed—withdrawn from all else and fixed solely on the Lord—those offerings the Divine Himself accepts, as it were, placing them upon His head.”

Word by Word

याःwhich (those)

क्रियाःactions, rites

सम्प्रयुक्ताःoffered/dedicated, duly applied

एकान्तगतबुद्धिभिःby those whose mind/intellect has gone exclusively (to one object)

ताःthose (actions)

सर्वाःall

शिरसाwith (his) head; on the head (as highest honor)

देवःthe Lord, the god

प्रतिगृह्णातिaccepts, receives

वैindeed, surely

स्वयम्himself

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Deva (Bhagavān, the Lord)

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?

Single-minded devotion transforms action: deeds offered by a mind fixed exclusively on the Lord are accepted by the Divine with the highest honor (symbolized by 'upon the head'). The emphasis is on intention and surrender rather than mere external ritual.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is instructing about the spiritual value of offerings and practices. He states that when devotees act with undivided focus on Bhagavān, the Lord Himself receives all such offered actions as supremely precious.