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Shloka 25

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

तावपश्यत्‌ स भगवाननादिनिधनो&च्युत: । एकस्तत्रा भवद्‌ बिन्दुर्मध्वाभो रुचिरप्रभ:

tāv apaśyat sa bhagavān anādinidhano 'cyutaḥ | ekas tatrābhavad bindur madhvābho ruciraprabhaḥ ||

ಆಗ ಅನಾದಿ-ಅನಂತನಾದ ಅಚ್ಯುತ ಭಗವಂತನು ಅದನ್ನು ಕಂಡನು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೇ ಜಲಬಿಂದು ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಯಿತು—ಮಧುವರ್ಣದ, ಮನೋಹರ ಕాంతಿಯಿಂದ ದೀಪ್ತ.

तौthose two
तौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अपश्यत्saw
अपश्यत्:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Dual
सःhim/that one
सः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनादिनिधनःwithout beginning and without end
अनादिनिधनः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनादिनिधन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अच्युतःAcyuta (the unfailing one)
अच्युतः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअच्युत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एकःone, single
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
अभवत्was, became
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular
बिन्दुःa drop/point
बिन्दुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबिन्दु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मध्वाभःhoney-colored, honey-like in appearance
मध्वाभः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमध्वाभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रुचिरप्रभःof lovely radiance
रुचिरप्रभः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरुचिरप्रभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशग्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
B
Bhagavān
A
Acyuta
B
bindu (a single drop)

Educational Q&A

The verse evokes the eternal nature of the Divine (anādi-nidhana, Acyuta) and uses the image of a single radiant bindu to suggest how vast realities can be intimated through a subtle, concentrated symbol—pointing to metaphysical origins and the presence of order and luminosity even in the smallest manifestation.

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that the Blessed Lord, Acyuta, beholds a scene in which a single honey-hued, beautifully radiant drop (bindu) appears there—an image that typically signals a significant metaphysical or cosmological moment in the surrounding discourse.