Shloka 53

Tapovana-praveśaḥ — The King’s Entry into the Sacred Grove and Vision of the Āśrama

Devanagari script

प्रजापतिपतिर्देव: सुरनाथो महाबल: । श्रीवत्साड्को हृषीकेश: सर्वदैवतपूजित:,जो प्रजापतियोंके भी पति, दिव्यस्वरूप, देवताओंके रक्षक, महाबली, श्रीवत्सचिह्नसे सुशोभित, इन्द्रियोंके अधिष्ठाता तथा सम्पूर्ण देवताओंद्वारा पूजित हैं

Transliteration

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | prajāpati-patir devaḥ sura-nātho mahā-balaḥ | śrīvatsāṅko hṛṣīkeśaḥ sarva-daivata-pūjitaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : Il est le Seigneur même des Prajāpatis, de nature divine, protecteur et chef des dieux, d’une puissance immense ; marqué de l’emblème Śrīvatsa, Hṛṣīkeśa—maître des sens—et adoré par toutes les divinités.

Word by Word

प्रजापतिपतिःlord of the Prajapatis

देवःgod; the divine one

सुरनाथःlord of the gods

महाबलःmighty; of great strength

श्रीवत्साङ्कःbearing the Srivatsa mark

हृषीकेशःHrishikesha (lord of the senses; Vishnu/Krishna)

सर्वदैवतपूजितःworshipped by all deities

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Prajāpatis

Devas (gods)

Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

Śrīvatsa (emblem)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True devotion is directed toward the highest divine principle—one who stands above even the cosmic progenitors and is acknowledged by all gods—thereby aligning reverence with dharmic hierarchy and cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana offers a laudatory description (stuti) of Hṛṣīkeśa/Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, listing epithets that establish his supremacy, protective role, and universal worship.