Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अक्षमालापरिक्षिप्तं ज्योतिषां परमं निधिम्‌ । ततो नारायणो दृष्टवा ववन्दे विश्वसम्भवम्‌,रुद्राक्षकी मालासे विभूषित तथा तेजकी परम निधिरूप उन विश्व-विधाताका दर्शन करके भगवान्‌ नारायणने उनकी वन्दना की

Transliteration

akṣamālā-parikṣiptaṃ jyotiṣāṃ paramaṃ nidhim | tato nārāyaṇo dṛṣṭvā vavande viśva-sambhavam ||

Translation

«ປະດັບດ້ວຍມາລາລູດຣາກຊະ (rudrākṣa) ແລະເປັນຄັງອັນສູງສຸດໃນບັນດາຜູ້ສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງ—ເມື່ອເຫັນຜູ້ເກີດກຳເນີດແຫ່ງສາກົນນັ້ນ ນາຣາຍະນະຈຶ່ງກ້ມກາບນົບນ້ອມ»។

Word by Word

अक्षमालाwith a rosary (of beads)

परिक्षिप्तम्encircled/adorned (with)

ज्योतिषाम्of the luminaries/lights

परमम्supreme

निधिम्treasure/store

ततःthen/thereupon

नारायणःNārāyaṇa

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

ववन्देbowed/worshipped

विश्वसम्भवम्the source/origin of the universe

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Nārāyaṇa

Viśva-sambhava (cosmic progenitor)

Akṣamālā (rosary)

Rudrākṣa beads

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic humility and devotion: true greatness is shown by honoring the supreme source, and reverence is presented as an ethical ideal even for the highest beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa narrates that Nārāyaṇa, upon beholding the universe-origin (described as adorned with a rosary and as a supreme radiant treasure), offers respectful homage by bowing.