Shloka 58

Devanagari script

जग्राह वेदानखिलान्‌ रसातल गतान्‌ हरि: । प्रादाच्च ब्रह्मणे भूयस्ततः स्वां प्रकृतिं गत:,राजन! इसी बीचमें हयग्रीव रूपधारी भगवान्‌ श्रीहरिने रसातलमें पड़े हुए उन सम्पूर्ण वेदोंको ले लिया तथा ब्रह्माजीको पुनः वापस दे दिया और फिर वे अपने आदि रूपमें आ गये

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | jagrāha vedān akhilān rasātala-gatān hariḥ | prādāc ca brahmaṇe bhūyas tataḥ svāṃ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。ハリはラサータラに落ちたすべてのヴェーダを取り戻し、再びブラフマーに授け、そして自らの本来の性へと帰った。

Word by Word

जग्राहtook, seized

वेदान्the Vedas

अखिलान्all, entire

रसातलfrom Rasātala (netherworld)

गतान्gone (fallen) [there]

हरिःHari (Vishnu)

प्रादात्gave

चand

ब्रह्मणेto Brahmā

भूयःagain

ततःthen, thereafter

स्वाम्his own

प्रकृतिम्original nature/form

गतःhaving gone, returned

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Hari (Viṣṇu)

Vedas

Rasātala

Brahmā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred knowledge (the Vedas) is foundational to dharma and cosmic stability; when it is lost or obscured, divine power restores it. The verse highlights responsibility toward preserving learning and the assurance that order is ultimately re-established.

What is happening in the narrative?

Hari retrieves the complete Vedas from Rasātala, returns them to Brahmā (the cosmic creator and custodian of Vedic transmission), and then withdraws back into his original form/state after completing the task.