Shloka 306

Devanagari script

तादृशं विद्धि सर्वेषामेको होषु हुताशन: । वेदोंमें "अद्भुत! नामक अग्निके माहात्म्यका जैसा वर्णन है, वैसा ही सब अग्नियोंका समझना चाहिये; क्योंकि इन सबमें एक ही अग्नितत्त्व विद्यमान है

Transliteration

tādṛśaṃ viddhi sarveṣām eko hoṣu hutāśanaḥ |

Translation

ມາຣະກັນເດຍ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຈົ່ງເຂົ້າໃຈວ່າໄຟທັງປວງມີສະພາບດຽວກັນ; ເພາະໃນໄຟທັງປວງນັ້ນ ມີແຕ່ຫຼັກທາດໄຟອັນດຽວ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຄວາມຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ວິດາໄດ້ພັນລະນາເຖິງ ‘ໄຟອັດພູດ’ ຈົ່ງຮູ້ວ່າເປັນຄວາມຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ຂອງໄຟທຸກໆແຫ່ງ»។

Word by Word

• तादृशम्: such (of that kind)
• तादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विद्धि: know; understand
• विद्धि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• एकः: one; single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• होषु: (unclear; possibly 'among/indeed')
• होषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: होषु
• Form: As transmitted; likely a corrupt/variant reading

• हुताशनः: Fire (Agni), 'eater of oblations'
• हुताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Hutāśana (Agni/Fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Though fires appear many in form and function, their underlying essence is one—Agni as a single elemental principle. Hence, praise of a particular ‘wondrous’ fire should be extended as praise of fire’s universal nature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is instructing his listener(s) in a reflective, doctrinal manner, drawing a general conclusion from a specific account of Agni’s greatness: the same sacred fire-principle pervades all manifestations of fire.