Shloka 37

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

अयं ब्रह्मादिभि: सिद्धैर्गुहायां गोपित: प्रभु: । देवासुरमनुष्याणामप्रकाशो भवेदिति

Transliteration

ayaṁ brahmādibhiḥ siddhair guhāyāṁ gopitaḥ prabhuḥ | devāsura-manuṣyāṇām aprakāśo bhaved iti ||

Translation

ວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະເຈົ້າສູງສຸດນີ້ ຖືກພຣະພຣະຫມາ ແລະ ບັນດາສິດທະລິດຜູ້ສຳເລັດ ປົກປິດໄວ້ໃນຖ້ຳແຫ່ງດວງໃຈ ດັ່ງກັບມີເຈດຈຳນົງບໍ່ໃຫ້ປາກົດແກ່ເທວະ, ອະສຸຣ ແລະ ມະນຸດ».

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मादिभिः: by Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मादि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सिद्धैः: by the perfected ones (sages)
• सिद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गुहायाम्: in the cave
• गुहायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• गोपितः: hidden/kept secret
• गोपितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गुप्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देव: god
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), —

• असुर: demon/asura
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), —

• मनुष्याणाम्: of humans
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अप्रकाशः: non-manifestation; being unknown
• अप्रकाशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्रकाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may be/should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu)
• ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)
• सिद्ध (Siddhas)
• प्रभु (the Supreme Lord)
• देव (Devas)
• असुर (Asuras)
• मनुष्य (Humans)
• गुहा/हृदयगुहा (the heart-cave)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The Supreme is not an object of ordinary perception; He is ‘hidden’ in the inner heart and is realized through inner purification and disciplined insight rather than through external power, rank, or mere intellectual inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu speaks about the Lord’s hiddenness: even exalted beings like gods, demons, and humans may fail to recognize Him, while Brahmā and perfected sages are portrayed as safeguarding this profound truth within the ‘cave’ of the heart.