Shloka 13
Brahmavākya
Brahmā’s Pronouncement on Hari-nāma and the Non-punishability of Viṣṇu’s Devotees
एवं हि पापकर्तारः प्रणता ये जनार्दने । कथं संयमिता तेषां बाल्याद्भास्करनंदन ॥ १३ ॥
evaṃ hi pāpakartāraḥ praṇatā ye janārdane | kathaṃ saṃyamitā teṣāṃ bālyādbhāskaranaṃdana || 13 ||
ಓ ಭಾಸ್ಕರನಂದನ! ಪಾಪ ಮಾಡಿದವರಾದರೂ ಜನಾರ್ದನನಿಗೆ ಶರಣಾಗಿ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿದವರಲ್ಲಿ, ಬಾಲ್ಯದಿಂದಲೇ ಸಂಯಮ ಮತ್ತು ಆತ್ಮನಿಯಂತ್ರಣ ಹೇಗೆ ಹುಟ್ಟದೆ ಇರಲಿದೆ?
Narada
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bhakti","secondary_rasa":"shanta","emotional_journey":"Affirms the transformative power of surrender to Janārdana: even sinners who bow gain inner discipline, culminating in confident rhetorical assurance."}
FAQs
The verse asserts that even a sinner, once genuinely surrendered to Janārdana (Vishnu), naturally becomes disciplined—devotion itself acts as a purifier that reforms character.
It presents bhakti as transformative: bowing to Vishnu is not merely a ritual gesture, but an inner turning that generates saṃyama (self-control) and steady dharmic living.
No specific Vedanga technique is taught; the practical takeaway is ethical saṃyama—regulated conduct and restraint as a lived outcome of Vishnu-bhakti rather than as mere external rule-following.