Shloka 29

Annadāna and the Obstruction of Viṣṇu-Darśana; Vāmadeva’s Teaching and the Vāsudeva Stotra Prelude

Devanagari script

वामदेवऋषिश्रेष्ठो वैष्णवानां वरस्तथा । ध्यायमानो हृषीकेशं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

vāmadevaṛṣiśreṣṭho vaiṣṇavānāṃ varastathā | dhyāyamāno hṛṣīkeśaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam

Translation

ဝါမဒေဝ—ရသီတို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံး၊ ဝိုင်ෂ္ဏဝတို့အနက် အကောင်းဆုံး—ဟೃಷီကေရှကို သမาธိဖြင့် ညှိနှိုင်းနေ၏; ထိုသခင်သည် လောကီပျော်ရွှင်မှု (ဘုက္တိ) နှင့် မုက္ခ (မုတ်တိ) နှစ်ပါးလုံး ပေးသနားတော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

• वामदेवः: Vāmadeva
• वामदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ऋषिश्रेष्ठः: best of sages
• ऋषिश्रेष्ठः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive-determinative): ‘ऋषीणां श्रेष्ठः’

• वैष्णवानाम्: of the Vaiṣṇavas
• वैष्णवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वरः: the best/excellent one
• वरः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ध्यायमानः: meditating
• ध्यायमानः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ-समकक्षः शानच्), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हृषीकेशम्: Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)
• हृषीकेशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्: giver of enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (भुक्ति+मुक्ति) ततः तत्पुरुषः ‘भुक्तिमुक्त्योः प्रदायकः’ (giver of enjoyment and liberation)

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa framed dialogue such as Pulastya → Bhīṣma)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: वामदेवऋषिश्रेष्ठः = वामदेवः + ऋषिश्रेष्ठः; भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम् = भुक्ति + मुक्ति + प्रदायकम् (समास).

Characters & Entities

• Vāmadeva
• Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

Who is Hṛṣīkeśa in this verse?

Hṛṣīkeśa is a name of Viṣṇu meaning “Lord of the senses,” emphasizing divine mastery over the faculties and the inner life of the devotee.

How does this verse present the goals of spiritual life?

It frames the deity as the giver of both bhukti (legitimate worldly welfare/enjoyment) and mukti (liberation), suggesting that devotion can encompass both well-being in life and ultimate freedom.

What practice is highlighted here as central for a Vaiṣṇava sage?

Dhyāna—steady meditation on Viṣṇu (Hṛṣīkeśa)—is presented as the defining practice of the exemplary Vaiṣṇava sage Vāmadeva.