Shloka 39

Devanagari script

जय जय जगदीश नाथ विष्णो जगदानंदनिधान वेदवेद्य । मधुमथन नृसिंह पीतवासो गरुडाधिष्ठित माधवादिदेव ॥ ३९ ॥

Transliteration

jaya jaya jagadīśa nātha viṣṇo jagadānaṃdanidhāna vedavedya | madhumathana nṛsiṃha pītavāso garuḍādhiṣṭhita mādhavādideva || 39 ||

Translation

အောင်မြင်ပါစေ၊ အောင်မြင်ပါစေ—ကမ္ဘာ၏ အရှင်၊ နာထ၊ ဗိဿနုရေ—လောကအာနန္ဒ၏ خزانہ၊ ဝေဒတို့ဖြင့် သိမြင်နိုင်သော အရှင်။ မဓုကို သတ်သောသူ၊ နရစിംဟ၊ အဝါရောင်ဝတ်စုံဝတ်သောသူ၊ ဂရုဍပေါ်၌ ထိုင်တော်မူသော မာဓဝ အာဒိဒေဝ—အရင်းမြစ်ဘုရားသခင်အား အောင်မြင်ပါစေ။

Word by Word

• jaya: victory! hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/vocative address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (जय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: जय-शब्दः सम्बोधनार्थे (interjection/benedictive cry), अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोग (used as indeclinable)

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (जय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis), सम्बोधनार्थे

• jagadīśa: O Lord of the world
• jagadīśa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat-īśa (जगत् + ईश, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ īśaḥ)

• nātha: O master
• nātha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (नाथ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• viṣṇo: O Viṣṇu
• viṣṇo: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (विष्णु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• jagadānandanidhāna: O treasure-house of the world’s bliss
• jagadānandanidhāna: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat-ānanda-nidhāna (जगत् + आनन्द + निधान, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ ānandasya nidhānam)

• vedavedya: knowable through the Vedas
• vedavedya: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda-vedya (वेद + वेद्य, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘वेदैः वेद्यः’ (instrumental-tatpurusha sense), विशेषण of विष्णु

• madhumathana: O slayer of Madhu
• madhumathana: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu-mathana (मधु + मथन, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘मधुं मथ्नाति/हन्ति’

• nṛsiṃha: O Narasiṃha
• nṛsiṃha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ-siṃha (नृ + सिंह, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (man-lion)

• pītavāsaḥ: O wearer of yellow garments
• pītavāsaḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīta-vāsa (पीत + वासस्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि ‘पीतानि वासांसि यस्य’

• garuḍādhiṣṭhita: mounted on Garuḍa
• garuḍādhiṣṭhita: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: garuḍa-adhiṣṭhita (गरुड + अधिष्ठित, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त, ‘गरुडेन अधिष्ठितः/आरूढः’

• mādhava-ādideva: O Mādhava, primeval God
• mādhava-ādideva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava-ādi-deva (माधव + आदि + देव, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘देवानाम् आदिः देवः’ (primeval god), माधव इति विशेषणपूर्वक

Speaker

Narada (stuti within the Uttara-Bhaga narrative context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"bhakti","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_journey":"Exultant acclamation (‘jaya jaya’) expands into a many-epithet vision of Vishnu—Veda-known, Madhu-slayer, Narasiṃha, Garuḍa-rider—intensifying wonder and devotion."}

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Narasimha
• Madhumathana (Vishnu as slayer of Madhu)
• Garuda
• Madhava

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It is a concentrated Vishnu-stuti that affirms Vishnu as jagadīśa (cosmic lord), veda-vedya (the Vedas’ ultimate object), and the source of ānanda, emphasizing liberation-oriented devotion through praise of His names and attributes.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By enumerating Vishnu’s epithets—Madhumathana, Narasiṃha, Mādhava, Garuḍādhiṣṭhita—it models nāma–guṇa-kīrtana (glorification of divine names and qualities), a core bhakti practice taught across the Purana tradition.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The phrase veda-vedya highlights a Vedānta-oriented takeaway: Vedic study culminates in knowing the Supreme (Vishnu). Practically, it supports correct mantra-centered devotion where śruti (Veda) and stuti (praise) align in meaning and intent.