Shloka 3

पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings

Devanagari script

ततः स प्राड्मुखो विद्वानादित्ये नचिरोदिते । पाणिपादं समादाय विनीतवदुपाविशत्‌,थोड़ी ही देरमें जब सूर्योदय हुआ, तब ज्ञानी शुकदेव हाथ-पैर समेटकर विनीतभावसे पूर्व दिशाकी ओर मुँह करके बैठे और योगमें प्रवृत्त हो गये। उस समय बुद्धिमान्‌ व्यास- नन्दन जहाँ योगयुक्त हो रहे थे, वहाँ न तो पक्षियोंका समुदाय था, न कोई शब्द सुनायी पड़ता था और न दृष्टिको आकृष्ट करनेवाला कोई दृश्य ही उपस्थित था

Transliteration

tataḥ sa prāṅmukho vidvān āditye nacirodite | pāṇipādaṃ samādāya vinītavad upāviśat ||

Translation

പിന്നീട് സൂര്യൻ ഇപ്പൊഴേ ഉദിച്ചപ്പോൾ, ആ പണ്ഡിതൻ കിഴക്കോട്ടു മുഖം തിരിച്ച് ഇരുന്നു. കൈകാലുകൾ ഒതുക്കി വിനീതഭാവത്തോടെ ഉപവിശിച്ചു; ഇങ്ങനെ സംയമത്തോടെ യോഗത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

प्राङ्मुखःfacing east

विद्वान्learned, wise

आदित्येwhen the sun (was...) / in the sun (context: at sunrise)

नचिरोदितेhaving risen not long ago (just risen)

पाणिपादम्hands and feet (as a unit)

समादायhaving drawn in / having gathered (together)

विनीतवत्like one who is humble; modestly

उपाविशत्sat down

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Āditya (the Sun)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined humility and deliberate preparation as prerequisites for yoga: choosing an auspicious time (dawn), orienting oneself eastward, physically composing the limbs, and settling the mind into inward concentration.

What is happening in the narrative?

A learned ascetic figure sits at sunrise facing east, gathers his limbs in a composed posture, and begins yogic absorption, signaling a transition from outward activity to inward contemplation.