Shloka 31
नारायणाय मे पित्रा प्रणम्य विधिपूर्वकम् | उपहार: पुरा दत्तो ब्रह्मरूप उपस्थित:,'पूर्वकालकी बात है, मेरे पिताने भगवान् नारायणको प्रणाम करके उन्हें विधिपूर्वक वेदस्वरूप उपहार समर्पित किया (वैदिक मन्त्रोंद्वारा उनकी स्तुति की)। भगवानने स्वयं उपस्थित होकर वह उपहार ग्रहण किया और पिताको वर दिया। मेरे पिताने वरके रूपमें उनसे सर्वोत्तम नारायणास्त्रकी याचना की
sañjaya uvāca |
nārāyaṇāya me pitrā praṇamya vidhipūrvakam |
upahāraḥ purā datto brahmarūpa upasthitaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Long ago my father, having bowed to Nārāyaṇa in the prescribed manner, offered Him a gift in the form of sacred Vedic praise. Nārāyaṇa Himself appeared in person, accepted that offering, and granted my father a boon; and my father asked, as that boon, for the supreme Nārāyaṇa-weapon.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights that devotion expressed with proper discipline (vidhi) and sacred speech (Vedic praise) is treated as a true offering; divine power is approached through reverence and right procedure, and boons—especially weapons—carry ethical weight because they must be sought and used with discernment.
Sañjaya recounts an earlier episode: his father worshipped Nārāyaṇa with a Veda-formed offering; Nārāyaṇa manifested, accepted it, and granted a boon, for which the father requested the supreme Nārāyaṇa-weapon (Nārāyaṇāstra).