Shloka 10

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

सम्यग्‌ यजन्ति ये चेष्टी: क्षान्ता दान्ता जितेन्द्रिया: । सत्यं धर्म क्षितिं गाश्न॒ तान्‌ नमस्यामि यादव

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | samyag yajanti ye ceṣṭīḥ kṣāntā dāntā jitendriyāḥ | satyaṃ dharmaṃ kṣitiṃ gāś ca tān namasyāmi yādava yadunandana ||

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଯାଦବ! ଯେମାନେ ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ଯଜ୍ଞ ଓ ଇଷ୍ଟି ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନ କରନ୍ତି, ଯେମାନେ କ୍ଷମାଶୀଳ, ଦାନ୍ତ ଓ ଜିତେନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟ; ଏବଂ ସତ୍ୟ, ଧର୍ମ, ପୃଥିବୀ ଓ ଗୋମାତାଙ୍କୁ ପୂଜନ କରନ୍ତି—ମୁଁ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଣାମ କରେ।

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• यजन्ति: they sacrifice, they worship (perform yajña)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Lat, present, 3, plural, Parasmaipada

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

• इष्टयः: sacrificial rites, offerings
• इष्टयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्टि
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• क्षान्ताः: patient, forbearing
• क्षान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षान्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• दान्ताः: self-controlled, restrained
• दान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• जितेन्द्रियाः: having conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• क्षितिम्: earth
• क्षितिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• अर्चन्ति: they worship, they honor
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: Lat, present, 3, plural, Parasmaipada

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• नमस्यामि: I bow to, I salute
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् + या (नमस्यति)
• Form: Lat, present, 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• यादव: O Yādava
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यदुनन्दन: O delight of the Yadus
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदुनन्दन
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yādava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Yadunandana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Earth (Kṣiti)
• Cows (Gāḥ)
• Truth (Satya)
• Dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True worthiness is defined by disciplined conduct: performing sacred duties correctly, practicing patience and restraint, mastering the senses, and honoring foundational supports of dharma—truth, righteousness, the earth that sustains life, and the cow as a symbol of nourishment and non-violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Kṛṣṇa (as Yādava, Yadunandana) and declares whom he considers worthy of reverence: those who properly perform yajña and observances and who embody ethical virtues and reverence for key dharmic principles.