Shloka 26

यजुर्वेदशाखाः, याज्ञवल्क्य–वैशम्पायनसंवादः, सूर्यस्तुतिः

Yajurveda branches and Yājñavalkya’s solar revelation

Devanagari script

इत्य् एवमादिभिस् तेन स्तूयमानः स्तवै रविः वाजिरूपधरः प्राह व्रीयताम् इति वाञ्छितम्

Transliteration

ity evamādibhis tena stūyamānaḥ stavai raviḥ vājirūpadharaḥ prāha vrīyatām iti vāñchitam

Translation

Thus praised by such and other hymns, Ravi—the Sun—took the form of a horse and said: “Choose the boon you desire; ask for what you wish.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आदिभिः: with (such) and other (words)
• आदिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = etc. (with others)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent-instrumental/by him/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• स्तूयमानः: Visheshana (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्तवैः: with hymns
• स्तवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• रविः: the Sun
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाजिरूपधरः: bearing the form of a horse
• वाजिरूपधरः: Visheshana (Qualifier of रविः/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाजि (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-समाससदृशः: ‘वाजेः रूपम्’ + ‘धरः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• व्रीयताम्: let it be chosen / let (it) be selected
• व्रीयताम्: Kriya (Injunctive/command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आज्ञार्थे

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• वाञ्छितम्: the desired (boon/thing)
• वाञ्छितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक; वाञ्छ्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used substantively); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन (context: object ‘desired (thing)’)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya); within the episode, Ravi (Sūrya) speaks the quoted line.

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Origin and transmission of Vedic śākhās (especially the Yajus) and their teachers

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Sincere stuti and praṇipāta to a devatā can open a channel for divine anugraha and the granting of boons.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Approach sacred study and prayer with humility and disciplined praise rather than entitlement.

Vishishtadvaita: Anugraha (grace) flows through personal divine agency, yet remains within the Lord-governed cosmic order of devatās.

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya, the Sun)

FAQs

What is the significance of Ravi (Sūrya) granting a boon in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

The verse shows the Purāṇic pattern where sincere stuti (praise) evokes divine favor, and the boon becomes a narrative mechanism that advances dharma, royal legitimacy, or lineage outcomes within Ansha 4’s dynastic accounts.

How does Sage Parāśara present the power of hymns (stavaiḥ) in the Vishnu Purana?

Parāśara frames praise as spiritually efficacious: the deity is “stūyamānaḥ” (being praised) and responds directly by offering “vāñchitam” (the desired boon), highlighting devotion as a means of aligning human aims with cosmic order.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu in this context if the verse focuses on Ravi?

Even when a specific deity like Ravi acts as boon-giver, the Vishnu Purana’s broader theology treats all cosmic powers as functioning within the supreme sovereignty of Vishnu—so the episode supports an ordered universe where divine agencies operate under the ultimate Supreme Reality.