Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्नग्निमुखा देवा: सेन्द्रा: सहमरुद्गणा: । ईजिरे क्रतुभि: श्रे्ठस्तत्‌ पदं परमं मम

Transliteration

yasminn agnimukhā devāḥ sendrāḥ sahamarudgaṇāḥ | ījire kratubhiḥ śreṣṭhais tat padaṃ paramaṃ mama ||

Translation

タークシャは言った。「それこそが我が至上の住処—インドラを先頭に、マルトの群れを伴う神々が、アグニを第一の『口』（供物を受ける口）として、最も優れた祭祀を執り行ったその場所である。」

Word by Word

यस्मिन्in which

अग्निमुखाःhaving Agni as their mouth (fire-faced)

देवाःthe gods

सtogether with

इन्द्राःIndras (i.e., with Indra/with the chief Indra)

सहalong with

मरुद्गणाःcompanies of Maruts

ईजिरेthey worshipped / performed sacrifice

क्रतुभिःwith sacrifices/rites

श्रेष्ठम्the best

तत्that

पदम्place/state/abode

परमम्supreme

ममof me / my

Speaker

ताक्ष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Takṣya

Agni

Devas

Indra

Maruts

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links spiritual supremacy to a locus sanctified by exemplary yajña: the ‘highest abode’ is defined not by power but by association with righteous, well-performed sacrificial worship where Agni mediates offerings to the gods.

What is happening in the narrative?

Takṣya identifies and glorifies his own supreme dwelling-place by describing it as the site where Indra, the Maruts, and the other gods once conducted the finest sacrifices, emphasizing its sanctity and divine recognition.