Shloka 30

Nārāyaṇopadeśa to Mārkaṇḍeya (Cosmic Self-Identification and Yuga Doctrine) | नारायणोपदेशः

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्नग्निमुखा देवा: सेन्द्रा: सहमरुद्गणा: । ईजिरे क्रतुभि: श्रे्ठस्तत्‌ पदं परमं मम

Transliteration

yasminn agnimukhā devāḥ sendrāḥ sahamarudgaṇāḥ | ījire kratubhiḥ śreṣṭhais tat padaṃ paramaṃ mama ||

Translation

တာက္ရှျာက ပြောသည်။ «ထိုနေရာသည် ငါ၏ အမြင့်ဆုံး နေရာတော်ပင် ဖြစ်၏—အင်ဒြာကို ဦးဆောင်၍ မာရုတ်အဖွဲ့တို့နှင့်တကွ နတ်တို့သည် အဂ္ဂိကို အဓိက ‘ပါးစပ်’ (အဟုတိ လက်ခံရာ) အဖြစ်ထားကာ အကောင်းဆုံး ယဇ်ပူဇော်ပွဲများကို ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့သော နေရာတော် ဖြစ်၏။»

Word by Word

यस्मिन्in which

अग्निमुखाःhaving Agni as their mouth (fire-faced)

देवाःthe gods

सtogether with

इन्द्राःIndras (i.e., with Indra/with the chief Indra)

सहalong with

मरुद्गणाःcompanies of Maruts

ईजिरेthey worshipped / performed sacrifice

क्रतुभिःwith sacrifices/rites

श्रेष्ठम्the best

तत्that

पदम्place/state/abode

परमम्supreme

ममof me / my

Speaker

ताक्ष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Takṣya

Agni

Devas

Indra

Maruts

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 links spiritual supremacy to a locus sanctified by exemplary yajña: the ‘highest abode’ is defined not by power but by association with righteous, well-performed sacrificial worship where Agni mediates offerings to the gods.

What is happening in the narrative?

Takṣya identifies and glorifies his own supreme dwelling-place by describing it as the site where Indra, the Maruts, and the other gods once conducted the finest sacrifices, emphasizing its sanctity and divine recognition.