Shloka 23

Uttanka’s Inquiry and Vāsudeva’s Adhyātma Exposition

Guṇa–Ritual–Immanence Teaching

Devanagari script

वायुदेव उवाच शृणु मे विस्तरेणेदं यद्‌ वक्ष्ये भुगुनन्दन । गृहाणानुनयं चापि तपस्वी हासि भार्गव,श्रीकृष्णने कहा--भृगुनन्दन! मैं जो कुछ कहता हूँ, उसे विस्तारपूर्वक सुनिये। भार्गव! आप तपस्वी हैं, इसलिये मेरी अनुनय-विनय स्वीकार कीजिये

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca: śṛṇu me vistareṇedaṃ yad vakṣye bhṛgunandana | gṛhāṇānunayaṃ cāpi tapasvī hāsi bhārgava ||

Translation

Vāyudeva said: “Bhṛgu’s descendant, listen carefully and in full to what I am about to say. O Bhārgava, since you are an ascetic, accept also my respectful entreaty.”

Word by Word

• {'vāyudevaḥ': 'the Wind-god

• Vāyu', 'uvāca': 'said

• spoke', 'śṛṇu': 'listen (imperative)', 'me': 'to me

• my', 'vistareṇa': 'in detail

• at length', 'idaṃ': 'this', 'yat': 'which

• what', 'vakṣye': 'I shall say

• I will speak', 'bhṛgu-nandana': 'descendant of Bhṛgu (honorific address)', 'gṛhāṇa': 'accept

• receive (imperative)', 'anunayam': 'entreaty

• humble persuasion', 'ca api': 'and also', 'tapasvī': 'ascetic

• one practicing austerities', 'ha': 'indeed

• surely (emphatic particle)', 'asi': 'you are', 'bhārgava': 'a Bhṛgu-descendant

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva/Vāyu)
• भृगुनन्दन (Bhṛgunandana)
• भार्गव (Bhārgava)
• भृगु (Bhṛgu)