Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्व शिवश्चैव जगत्पति: । सोमश्न भगवान्‌ देव: सर्वे च परमर्षय:

Transliteration

eṣa brahmā ca viṣṇuś ca śivaś caiva jagatpatiḥ | somaś ca bhagavān devaḥ sarve ca paramarṣayaḥ | (samudvignaṃ samīkṣya tvāṃ svastīty ūcur jayāya te |)

Translation

ヴァシシュタは言った。「見よ――世界の主たるブラフマー、ヴィシュヌ、シヴァ、さらに福徳あるソーマ神、そして至高のリシたちが皆ここにいる。おまえが動揺しているのを見て、彼らはおまえの勝利のために吉祥の祝詞を唱えている。」

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (ब्रह्मा)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• जगत्पतिः: lord of the world
• जगत्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सोमः: Soma (Moon-god)
• सोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भगवान्: blessed, venerable
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• परमर्षयः: supreme sages
• परमर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समुद्विग्नम्: agitated, distressed
• समुद्विग्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उद्-√विज् (समुद्विग्न)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समीक्ष्य: having observed/seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• स्वस्ति: hail; well-being; auspiciousness
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ऊचुः: they said
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• जयाय: for victory
• जयाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्)
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)
• ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)
• विष्णु (Viṣṇu)
• शिव (Śiva)
• जगत्पति (Jagatpati, epithet)
• सोम (Soma)
• परमर्षयः (Paramarṣis / supreme seers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When the mind is shaken (samudvigna), one should receive and cultivate ‘svasti’—auspicious confidence grounded in dharma. The verse presents divine and sage authority as restoring steadiness and courage, implying that righteous effort is supported by higher order and wise counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha points out that the great deities—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva—along with Soma and the supreme seers, observe the addressed person’s distress and pronounce auspicious words, specifically wishing victory.