Shloka 12

कर्म–ज्ञान–दैव–स्वभावविचारः

Inquiry into Karma, Knowledge, Fate, and Nature

Devanagari script

वेदश्रुतिभिराख्यानैरर्थानभिजिगीषति । तितिक्षुरनवज्ञाता तस्मात्‌ सर्वत्र पूजित:

Transliteration

vedaśrutibhir ākhyānair arthān abhijigīṣati | titikṣur anavajñātā tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ ||

Translation

Por medio de las revelaciones védicas y de los relatos tradicionales, se esfuerza por establecer y hacer prevalecer el sentido que se pretende. Paciente y jamás desdeñoso con nadie, por ello es honrado en todas partes.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'veda-śruti', 'definition': 'Vedic revelation

• authoritative heard tradition (śruti) grounded in the Veda'}, {'term': 'ākhyāna', 'definition': 'narrative, traditional account

• instructive story (often aligned with itihāsa-purāṇa style)'}, {'term': 'artha', 'definition': 'meaning, purport, intended sense

• also goal or matter under discussion'}, {'term': 'abhijigīṣati', 'definition': 'strives to conquer/prevail over

• seeks to establish decisively (here: to make the meaning win acceptance)'}, {'term': 'titikṣu', 'definition': 'patient, forbearing, enduring'}, {'term': 'anavajñātā', 'definition': 'one who does not slight or disrespect

• non-contemptuous'}, {'term': 'tasmāt', 'definition': 'therefore, for that reason'}, {'term': 'sarvatra', 'definition': 'everywhere, in all places/contexts'}, {'term': 'pūjitaḥ', 'definition': 'honored, revered, worshipped'}]

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Wind-god)
• Nārada
• Veda
• Śruti
• Ākhyāna (traditional narratives)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True authority in teaching comes from grounding one’s arguments in śruti and respected narratives, combined with personal virtues—patience and refusal to demean others—so that learning and persuasion remain ethical.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes Nārada’s method and character: he clarifies and establishes meanings using Vedic revelation and traditional accounts, and because he is forbearing and never contemptuous, he is revered universally.