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Shloka 24

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

अयोनीन ग्नियोनींश्र ब्रह्मयोनींस्तथैव च । सर्वभूतात्मयोनींश्व॒ तान्‌ नमस्याम्यहं सदा

Transliteration

ayonīn agniyonīṁś ca brahmayonīṁs tathaiva ca | sarvabhūtātmayonīṁś ca tān namasyāmy ahaṁ sadā ||

Translation

Nārada dit : « Je m’incline sans cesse devant ceux qui ne naissent pas d’un sein (les nés d’eux-mêmes), devant ceux dont la source est le feu sacré, devant ceux issus de Brahman, et devant ceux dont l’origine est le Soi de tous les êtres—reconnaissant le Soi suprême comme la cause ultime de tout. »

Word by Word

अयोनीन्those who are without women (celibate)

अग्नियोनीन्those whose source/line is fire; connected with Agni (agnihotra)

ब्रह्मयोनीन्those whose source is Brahman/Veda; Veda-based

तथाand also/likewise

एवindeed/just

चand

सर्वभूतात्मयोनीन्those who regard the Supreme Self of all beings as the source/cause (of all)

तान्them

नमस्यामिI bow to / I worship

अहम्I

सदाalways

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Agni

Brahman

Atman (Self of all beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches continual reverence toward exalted beings and realized sages, described through their spiritual “origins” (ayonī, agni-yonī, brahma-yonī, sarvabhūtātma-yonī), culminating in the insight that the Supreme Self is the ultimate source of all.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is speaking in praise, offering salutations to various classes of venerable beings/ascetics and to those grounded in Vedic discipline and higher realization, framing them as worthy of constant homage.