Shloka 76

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

चिन्त्यद्योता ये च देवेषु मुख्या ये चाप्यन्ये देवताश्नाजमीढ । सुपर्णगन्धर्वपिशाचदानवा यक्षास्तथा चारणपन्नगाश्ष

Transliteration

cintyadyotā ye ca deveṣu mukhyā ye cāpyanye devatāś cājamiḍha | suparṇagandharvapiśācadānavā yakṣās tathā cāraṇapannagāś ca ||

Translation

ବାୟୁ କହିଲେ— ହେ ଅଜମୀଢ! ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଯେ ମୁଖ୍ୟ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ, ଏବଂ ଅନ୍ୟ ଦେବତାମାନେ; ତଥା ସୁପର୍ଣ, ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବ, ପିଶାଚ, ଦାନବ, ଯକ୍ଷ, ଚାରଣ ଓ ନାଗ—ଏ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ମହାଦେବଠାରୁ ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ ବୋଲି ଜାଣ।

Word by Word

• चिन्त्य: to be contemplated / worthy of thought
• चिन्त्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्त्य (चिन्त् धातु + यत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्योताः: luminaries / shining ones
• द्योताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्योत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who / those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• मुख्याः: chief / principal
• मुख्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who / those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अजमीढ: Ajamiḍha (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजमीढ (प्रातिपदिक/नाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुपर्ण: Suparṇas / birds (class of beings)
• सुपर्ण: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गन्धर्व: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्व: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पिशाच: Piśācas
• पिशाच: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दानवाः: Dānavas
• दानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यक्षाः: Yakṣas
• यक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• चारण: Cāraṇas
• चारण: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पन्नगाः: serpents / Nāgas
• पन्नगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Vāyu)
• Ajamiḍha
• Devas (gods)
• Suparṇas
• Gandharvas
• Piśācas
• Dānavas
• Yakṣas
• Cāraṇas
• Pannagas (Nāgas)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a theological vision in which the many classes of divine and semi-divine beings—chief gods as well as Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Nāgas, and others—are to be understood as originating from Mahādeva, emphasizing a unifying source behind cosmic diversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is speaking and addressing Ajamiḍha, listing various orders of beings and asserting their common origin in Mahādeva, as part of a broader discourse that elevates Śiva’s cosmic status.