Shloka 23

Devanagari script

पाणिशथ्यां प्रतिजग्राह तान्यश्रूणि पितामह: । सर्वभूतहितार्थाय तां चाप्यनुनयत्‌ तदा,पितामह ब्रह्माने उसके उन आँसुओंको समस्त प्राणियोंके हितके लिये अपने दोनों हाथोंमें ले लिया और उस नारीको भी अनुनयसे प्रसन्न किया

Transliteration

pāṇiśathyāṃ pratijagrāha tāny aśrūṇi pitāmahaḥ | sarvabhūtahitārthāya tāṃ cāpy anunayat tadā ||

Translation

Nārada said: Then the Grandsire received those tears into the hollow of his hands, doing so for the welfare of all beings; and at that time he also soothed that woman with gentle conciliation, bringing her to calmness.

Word by Word

• पाणिशथ्यां: in the hollow of (his) hands / in cupped hands
• पाणिशथ्यां: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणिशथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिजग्राह: took up, received
• प्रतिजग्राह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अश्रूणि: tears
• अश्रूणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पितामहः: the Grandsire (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतहितार्थाय: for the purpose of the welfare of all beings
• सर्वभूतहितार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतहितार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अनुनयत्: conciliated, soothed, persuaded
• अनुनयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + अनु- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• an unnamed woman
• tears (aśrūṇi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid intense events, the higher duty is to act for the welfare of all beings (sarvabhūta-hita) and to respond to suffering with compassionate, calming speech (anunaya) rather than harshness or indifference.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada narrates that the Grandsire (Brahmā) tenderly receives a woman’s tears in his cupped hands—symbolically acknowledging and containing her grief—and then consoles her through gentle persuasion, restoring her composure for the greater good.