Shloka 306

Devanagari script

अर्चयन्ति सुरश्रेष्ठ देव नारायणं हरिम्‌ | ब्रह्मा, रुद्र, इन्द्र तथा ऋषियोंसहित सम्पूर्ण देवता सुरश्रेष्ठ नारायणदेव श्रीहरिकी अर्चना करते हैं

Transliteration

arcayanti suraśreṣṭhā deva nārāyaṇaṃ harim | brahmā rudra indras tathā ṛṣibhiḥ saha sampūrṇā devatāḥ suraśreṣṭha nārāyaṇadevaṃ śrīharim arcayanti |

Translation

ອາຣະຈຸນກ່າວວ່າ: «ເທວະຜູ້ປະເສີດທີ່ສຸດທັງຫຼາຍ ບູຊານາຣາຍະນະ ພຣະຫຣິ. ພຣະພຣະຫມາ, ພຣະຣຸດຣະ, ພຣະອິນທຣະ ແລະເທວະທັງປວງ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍລະສີທັງຫຼາຍ ລ້ວນບູຊາດ້ວຍຄວາມເຄົາລົບຕໍ່ພຣະນາຣາຍະນະຜູ້ສູງສຸດ ຄືພຣະສຣີຫຣິ».

Word by Word

• अर्चयन्ति: they worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: लट् (Present), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सुरश्रेष्ठाः: the best among the gods
• सुरश्रेष्ठाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नारायणम्: Narayana
• नारायणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Nārāyaṇa
• Hari (Śrī Hari)
• Brahmā
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Indra
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Devatās (gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the highest gods and sages model dharma through worship and reverence toward the Supreme Lord (Nārāyaṇa/Hari), teaching humility and the primacy of devotion over status or power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna speaks in praise of Nārāyaṇa, asserting that Brahmā, Rudra, Indra, and all deities along with the sages worship Him—an affirmation of Nārāyaṇa’s supreme standing within the epic’s theological framework.