Shloka 38

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

Devanagari script

सर्वत्र गतिरव्यग्रा भवतां दीर्घदर्शनात्‌ । तपस्थविव्रतसंदीप्ता ज्ञानविज्ञानशोभिता:

Transliteration

sarvatra gatir avyagrā bhavatāṁ dīrghadarśanāt | tapasthavivratasaṁdīptā jñānavijñānaśobhitāḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vāyu: «Vuestro avance no halla obstáculo en parte alguna; en ningún lugar se os detiene, pues sois de mirada lejana. Encendidos por la observancia de votos propios de los ascetas, resplandecéis, y el conocimiento, junto con el discernimiento realizado, acrecienta vuestro esplendor.»

Word by Word

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• गतिः: movement; course; progress
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• अव्यग्रा: unhindered; unconfused; unobstructed
• अव्यग्रा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular (agreeing with गतिः)

• भवताम्: of you (hon.)
• भवताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine (honorific), genitive, plural

• दीर्घदर्शनात्: from/owing to farsightedness
• दीर्घदर्शनात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, ablative, singular

• तपःस्थ: standing in austerity; ascetic
• तपःस्थ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपःस्थ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural (agreeing with implied 'you')

• विव्रतसंदीप्ता: kindled/illumined by excellent vows
• विव्रतसंदीप्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विव्रतसंदीप्त
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural (agreeing with implied 'you')

• ज्ञानविज्ञानशोभिताः: adorned by knowledge and discernment
• ज्ञानविज्ञानशोभिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानविज्ञानशोभित
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural (agreeing with implied 'you')

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Disciplined vows and austerity, guided by far-sighted discernment, generate an inner radiance and a capability that is ‘unobstructed’—not merely physical freedom of movement, but moral and spiritual efficacy grounded in jñāna (understanding) and vijñāna (realized, discriminative insight).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses a group respectfully, praising their unhindered reach and effectiveness everywhere, attributing it to their far-sighted wisdom and to the brilliance produced by ascetic vows, along with the adornment of knowledge and realized insight.