Shloka 75

Devanagari script

उपवेदान्‌ खलीनांश्व॒ कृत्वा लोकत्रयेश्वर: । गायत्री प्रग्रह कृत्वा सावित्रीं च महेश्वर:,तत्पश्चात्‌ तीनों लोकोंके स्वामी महेश्वरने उपवेदोंको लगाम बनाकर गायत्री और सावित्रीको प्रग्रह बना लिया

Transliteration

upavedān khalīnāṁśva kṛtvā lokatrayeśvaraḥ | gāyatrī-pragrahaṁ kṛtvā sāvitrīṁ ca maheśvaraḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: The great Lord, sovereign of the three worlds, fashioned the subsidiary Vedic disciplines as the bridle for his horses; and making Gāyatrī and Sāvitrī the reins, he brought them under control. The image teaches that sacred knowledge and disciplined recitation are meant to govern power and impulse, so that authority is exercised with restraint and right order.

Word by Word

• उपवेदान्: the Upavedas
• उपवेदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• खलीनान्: bridles/reins
• खलीनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खलीन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• लोकत्रयेश्वरः: the lord of the three worlds
• लोकत्रयेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकत्रय-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गायत्रीम्: Gāyatrī
• गायत्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रग्रहम्: the reins/bridle-hold
• प्रग्रहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• सावित्रीम्: Sāvitrī
• सावित्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Upavedas
• Gāyatrī
• Sāvitrī
• three worlds (lokatraya)
• bridle (khalīna)
• reins (pragraha)
• horses (aśva)