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Shloka 32

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

सुरूपा बहुरूपाश्न विश्वरूपाश्व मातर: । प्राजापत्यमिति ब्रह्मन्‌ जपेन्नित्यं यतव्रतः

surūpā bahurūpāś ca viśvarūpāś ca mātaraḥ | prājāpatyam iti brahman japennityaṃ yatavrataḥ ||

વ્યાસે કહ્યું—હે બ્રાહ્મણ, વ્રતસ્થ અને સંયમી પુરુષે પ્રજાપતિપ્રદત્ત ગાયોના નામોનો નિત્ય જપ કરવો—‘સુરૂપા’, ‘બહુરૂપા’, ‘વિશ્વરૂપા’ અને ‘માતરઃ’ (સર્વની માતાઓ). આ રીતે ગોપૂજા અને ગોદાનથી મનુષ્ય સૂર્ય અને વાયુના અધિપત્યવાળા તથા રાજા વરુણના ઐશ્વર્યથી પ્રતિષ્ઠિત એવા ઉત્તમ લોકોને પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે.

सुरूपाःbeautiful-formed (ones)
सुरूपाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुरूपा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
बहुरूपाःhaving many forms
बहुरूपाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुरूपा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विश्वरूपाःhaving all forms / universal-formed
विश्वरूपाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वरूपा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मातरःmothers
मातरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
प्राजापत्यम्the Prajapatya (name/formula)
प्राजापत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्राजापत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin / O sage
ब्रह्मन्:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
जपेत्should recite / should mutter (a mantra)
जपेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootजप्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
नित्यम्always / daily
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
यतव्रतःone whose vows are restrained / self-disciplined
यतव्रतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयतव्रत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नरेन्द्रO king (lord of men)
नरेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
B
Brahman (addressed Brāhmaṇa)
P
Prajāpati
C
Cows (Gauḥ)
S
Surūpā
B
Bahurūpā
V
Viśvarūpā
M
Mātaraḥ (Mothers)
S
Sūrya (Sun)
V
Vāyu (Wind)
V
Varuṇa

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that honoring cows through disciplined practice—especially daily recitation of their sacred, Prajāpati-associated names—and through the act of go-dāna generates great religious merit, leading to exalted realms associated with cosmic deities (Sun, Wind, Varuṇa).

Vyāsa is instructing a learned listener (addressed as ‘Brahman’) within a broader discourse on gifts and dharma, emphasizing the spiritual efficacy of cow-gifting and the devotional practice of remembering cows by specific sacred epithets.