Shloka 34

Devanagari script

पुरुषश्चाप्रमेयात्मा यं सर्व ऋषयो विदु: । विश्वेदेवास्तथादित्या वसवो<5थाश्विनावपि,जिन्हें मत्स्य-कूर्म आदि अवतारोंके रूपमें सभी ऋषि-मुनि जानते हैं, वे अप्रमेयात्मा विष्णुरूप पुरुष और उनकी विभूतिरूप विश्वेदेव, आदित्य, वसु एवं अश्विनीकुमार आदि भी क्रमश: प्रकट हुए हैं

Transliteration

puruṣaś cāprameyātmā yaṃ sarva ṛṣayo viduḥ | viśvedevās tathādityā vasavo 'thāśvināv api ||

Translation

फिर वह अप्रमेयात्मा परम पुरुष—जिसे सभी ऋषि जानते हैं—प्रकट हुए; और उनके ही प्रकाशरूप विश्वेदेव, आदित्य, वसु तथा दोनों अश्विनीकुमार भी क्रमशः उत्पन्न हुए। इस प्रकार अनेक देवता उस एक असीम पुरुष के ही विविध रूप माने गए।

Word by Word

पुरुषःthe Person (Supreme Being)

चand

अप्रमेयात्माwhose nature is immeasurable

यम्whom

सर्वेall

ऋषयःsages

विदुःknow

विश्वेदेवाःthe Viśvedevas

तथाlikewise

आदित्याःthe Ādityas

वसवःthe Vasus

अथand then / also

अश्विनौthe two Aśvins

अपिalso

Characters & Entities

Puruṣa (Supreme Person)

Ṛ

Ṛṣis

Viśvedevas

Ādityas

Vasus

Aśvinau (Aśvinīkumāras)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents the Supreme Person as 'aprameya'—beyond measurement and full conceptual grasp—while portraying the well-known Vedic deity-groups (Viśvedevas, Ādityas, Vasus, Aśvins) as manifestations associated with that supreme reality. It encourages a unifying theological vision: many divine forms, one ultimate ground.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the opening cosmological framing of the epic, the text enumerates divine classes and situates them in relation to the Supreme Person known to the Ṛṣis. The narrative function is to establish sacred authority and a cosmic backdrop before the human history of the Bhāratas unfolds.