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Shloka 17

हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्

Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas

अण्डमेतज्जले न्यस्तं दीप्पमानमिव श्रिया । आ प्रजानां निसर्गाद्‌ वै नोद्धिद्यति न सर्पति

aṇḍam etaj jale nyastaṃ dīptamānam iva śriyā | ā prajānāṃ nisargād vai noddhidyati na sarpati ||

ഈ മുട്ട ജലത്തിൽ വെച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അത് തന്റെ ശ്രീയാൽ ദീപ്തമാകുന്നതുപോലെ തോന്നുന്നു. സൃഷ്ടിയുടെ ആരംഭം മുതൽ ഇന്നുവരെ ഇത് പൊട്ടിയിട്ടില്ല; തന്റെ സ്ഥാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് നീങ്ങിയതുമില്ല.

अण्डम्egg
अण्डम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअण्ड
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
जलेin water
जले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
न्यस्तम्placed, deposited
न्यस्तम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√अस् (न्यास)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
दीप्यमानम्shining
दीप्यमानम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√दीप्
FormPresent participle (शानच्), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
श्रियाwith splendor/beauty
श्रिया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootश्री
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
from, up to (since)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रजानाम्of creatures/subjects
प्रजानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
निसर्गात्from the creation/origin
निसर्गात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनिसर्ग
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उद्धिद्यतिbursts open, splits
उद्धिद्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-√भिद्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
nor/not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्पतिmoves, creeps
सर्पति:
TypeVerb
Root√सृप्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
A
aṇḍa (egg)
J
jala (water)
Ś
śrī (splendor/fortune as a quality)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights an enduring, unchanging phenomenon—an egg-like object radiant in water that neither hatches nor shifts—inviting reflection on the limits of ordinary expectation and the presence of stable mysteries within creation.

Nārada describes a remarkable object: an egg placed in water, glowing with splendor, which has remained intact and motionless since the beginning of the creation of beings.