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Shloka 986

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

यस्मिन्‌ शाखा यजुर्वेदे सो5हमाध्वर्यवे स्मृतः । आरण्यकॉमें ब्राह्मणलोग मेरा ही गान करते हैं। वे मेरे परम भक्त दुर्लभ हैं। जिस यजुर्वेदकी छप्पन+आठ+सैंतीस-एक सौ एक शाखाएँ मौजूद हैं

yasmin śākhā yajurvede so 'ham ādhvaryave smṛtaḥ | āraṇyakeṣu brāhmaṇaloke mamaiva gānaṃ kurvanti | te mama parama-bhaktā durlabhāḥ | yasya yajurvedasya ṣaṭpañcāśad-aṣṭa-triṃśad-ekaśata-eka-śākhāḥ santi, tasminn api yajurvede mamaiva gānaṃ kṛtam |

യജുര്‍വേദത്തിലെ ഏത് ശാഖയിൽ ഞാൻ അധ്വര്യു എന്ന നിലയിൽ സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നുവോ, ആരണ്യകങ്ങളിലും ബ്രാഹ്മണപരമ്പരയിലും അവർ എന്റെതന്നെ ഗാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു. എന്റെ പരമഭക്തർ ദുർലഭരാണ്. അനേകം ശാഖകളുള്ള യജുര്‍വേദത്തിലും എന്റെ സ്തുതിയേ പാടപ്പെടുന്നു.

यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
शाखाbranch (recension)
शाखा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशाखा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
यजुर्वेदेin the Yajurveda
यजुर्वेदे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयजुर्वेद
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सःthat (I)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
आध्वर्यवेfor the Adhvaryu (priest)
आध्वर्यवे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootआध्वर्यव
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
स्मृतःis remembered/known
स्मृतः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ

I
Indra
N
Nahuṣa
Y
Yajurveda
Ā
Ādhvaryu
Ā
Āraṇyaka
B
Brāhmaṇas (Brahmanical tradition)

Educational Q&A

The passage asserts scriptural and ritual validation of divine praise: the deity’s remembrance is embedded across Vedic recensions and genres (śākhā, Āraṇyaka), while emphasizing that true, highest devotion is rare and therefore ethically weighty.

In the Indra–Nahuṣa context, Indra speaks about how he is invoked and praised within Vedic ritual roles (as the Adhvaryu-associated remembrance) and across Vedic literature, highlighting the scarcity of genuine devotees within the Brahmanical tradition.