Shloka 29

Puruṣaikatva-vyākhyāna: The One Virāṭ Puruṣa and the Many ‘Puruṣas’

Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

चक्रे वसुस्तत: पूजां विष्वक्सेनाय भारत । जप्यं जगौ च सततं नारायणमुखोद्गतम्‌

Transliteration

cakre vasus tataḥ pūjāṃ viṣvaksenāya bhārata | japyaṃ jagau ca satataṃ nārāyaṇamukhodgatam ||

Translation

Bhishma berkata: “Kemudian Vasu, wahai Bharata, memulai pemujaan kepada Viṣvaksena. Ia pun terus-menerus melafalkan mantra suci yang layak dijapa, yang telah keluar dari mulut Nārāyaṇa.”

Word by Word

• चक्रे: did, performed
• चक्रे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, आत्मनेपद

• वसुः: Vasu (a person named Vasu)
• वसुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• पूजाम्: worship, offering
• पूजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• विष्वक्सेनाय: for Viṣvaksena
• विष्वक्सेनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्वक्सेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जप्यम्: to be muttered; fit for repetition (a mantra)
• जप्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप्य (कृदन्त; √जप्)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• जगौ: recited, chanted
• जगौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• सततम्: constantly, continuously
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)

• नारायणमुखोद्गतम्: uttered from Nārāyaṇa’s mouth
• नारायणमुखोद्गतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायण-मुख-उद्गत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vasu
• Viṣvaksena
• Nārāyaṇa
• Bhārata (addressee, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady devotion is shown through two complementary practices: formal worship (pūjā) and continuous mantra-repetition (japa), especially when the mantra is regarded as divinely revealed and thus spiritually authoritative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Vasu begins worship of Viṣvaksena and then keeps chanting a japa-worthy mantra said to have emerged from Nārāyaṇa’s mouth, emphasizing sustained devotional practice.