Shloka 1

Nārada Instructs Dakṣa’s Sons; Allegory of the World; Dakṣa Curses Nārada

Devanagari script

श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यां स पाञ्चजन्यां वै विष्णुमायोपबृंहित: । हर्यश्वसंज्ञानयुतं पुत्रानजनयद्विभु: ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-śuka uvāca tasyāṁ sa pāñcajanyāṁ vai viṣṇu-māyopabṛṁhitaḥ haryaśva-saṁjñān ayutaṁ putrān ajanayad vibhuḥ

Translation

Śukadeva poursuivit : Poussé par la māyā du Seigneur Viṣṇu, Prajāpati Dakṣa engendra dans le sein de Pāñcajanī (Asiknī) dix mille fils, appelés les Haryaśvas.

Synonyms

• श्रीशुकः: Śrī Śuka
• श्रीशुकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीशुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पाञ्चजन्याम्: in Pāñcajanyā
• पाञ्चजन्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चजन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)

• विष्णुमायोपबृंहितः: empowered/augmented by Viṣṇu’s māyā
• विष्णुमायोपबृंहितः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु + माया + उपबृंहित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: समास: विष्णोः माया (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + उपबृंहितः (PPP from बृंह् with उप-), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हर्यश्वसंज्ञान्: named ‘Haryaśva’
• हर्यश्वसंज्ञान्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्यश्व + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हर्यश्व इति संज्ञा येषाम्/हर्यश्व-संज्ञाः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (understood with पुत्रान्)

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Quantifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral: ten thousand)

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अजनयत्: begot
• अजनयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense in context ‘to beget’

• विभुः: the mighty one
• विभुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Characters & Entities

• Śukadeva Gosvāmī
• Dakṣa
• Viṣṇu
• Pāñcajanī
• Haryaśvas

FAQs

Who are the Haryaśvas in Srimad Bhagavatam?

They are the sons begotten by Dakṣa in his wife Pāñcajanī, introduced here as the group later instructed in the narrative of Canto 6, Chapter 5.

What does ‘Viṣṇu-māyā’ mean in this verse?

It indicates the Lord’s divine potency that empowers material creation and worldly arrangements—here, enabling Dakṣa to produce progeny.

What is the practical lesson for modern life from this shloka?

Even worldly duties like family and productivity operate under higher divine arrangement; remembering this cultivates humility and God-centered responsibility.