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Shloka 20

Nārāyaṇopadeśa to Mārkaṇḍeya (Cosmic Self-Identification and Yuga Doctrine) | नारायणोपदेशः

वृशाश्ष ये जुद्धति श्रद्दधाना: सत्यव्रता हुतशिष्टाशिनश्व । गवां लोकं प्राप्य ते पुण्यगन्धं पश्यन्ति देवं परमं चापि सत्यम्‌,जो तपसे कृश हो सत्य व्रतका पालन करते हुए प्रतिदिन श्रद्धापूर्वक हवन करते हैं और हवनसे बचे हुए अन्नका भोजन करते हैं, वे पवित्र सुगन्धसे भरे हुए गौओंके लोकमें जाते हैं और वहाँ परम सत्य परमात्माका दर्शन करते हैं

vṛṣāś ca ye yuddhati śraddadhānāḥ satyavratā hutaśiṣṭāśinaś ca | gavāṁ lokaṁ prāpya te puṇyagandhaṁ paśyanti devaṁ paramaṁ cāpi satyam ||

タークシャは言った。「信をもって戦い、真実の誓いに堅く立ち、日々供火を行い、供物の残りのみを食する者たちは—功徳の香り満ちる『牛の世界』に至り、そこで神聖なるもの、至上なるもの、そして最高の真理をも見る。」

वृषाःbulls / strong men (metaph. the righteous)
वृषाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृष (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
येwho
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
युध्यन्तिfight
युध्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (धातु)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
श्रद्दधानाःfaithful, full of faith
श्रद्दधानाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रद्धा + धा (धातु) → श्रद्दधान (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सत्यव्रताःhaving vows of truth / true-vowed
सत्यव्रताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्यव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हुतशिष्टाशिनःeating what remains after oblation
हुतशिष्टाशिनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootहुत + शिष्ट + आशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गवाम्of cows
गवाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
लोकम्world, realm
लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्यhaving attained, reaching
प्राप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada-usage
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुण्यगन्धम्of holy fragrance / fragrant with merit
पुण्यगन्धम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्यगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पश्यन्तिsee, behold
पश्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
देवम्the god / the divine being
देवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सत्यम्truth / the Real
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

ताक्ष्य उवाच

T
Takṣya
G
gavāṁ loka (realm of cows)
D
deva (the Divine)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that righteous action—especially truthfulness, faith, disciplined sacrifice, and restraint in consumption—purifies even the sphere of warfare and leads to a meritorious destiny culminating in the vision of the Supreme Truth.

Takṣya describes the spiritual outcome for virtuous fighters who maintain sacrificial discipline and truth-vows: they attain the fragrant ‘world of cows’ and there behold the Divine as the Supreme Reality.