Shloka 12

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

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

यादव! जो लोग वनमें फल-मूल खाकर तपस्यामें लगे रहते हैं, किसी प्रकारका संग्रह नहीं रखते और क्रियानिष्ठ होते हैं, उन्हींको मैं मस्तक झुकाता हूँ ।।

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | yādava! ye janā vane phala-mūla-bhakṣāḥ tapasyeṣu ratāḥ tiṣṭhanti, saṃgrahaṃ na kurvanti, kriyā-niṣṭhāś ca bhavanti, tān eva ahaṃ śirasā namāmi || ye bhṛtya-bharaṇe śaktāḥ satataṃ cātithi-vratāḥ | bhuñjate deva-śeṣāṇi tān namasyāmi yādava ||

Translation

ହେ ଯାଦବ! ଯେମାନେ ବନରେ ରହି ମୂଳ-ଫଳ ଭୋଜନ କରି ତପସ୍ୟାରେ ଲଗ୍ନ, ସଞ୍ଚୟହୀନ ଓ କ୍ରିୟାନିଷ୍ଠ—ତାଙ୍କୁ ମୁଁ ମସ୍ତକ ନମାଏ। ଏବଂ ଯେମାନେ ମାତା-ପିତା, କୁଟୁମ୍ବଜନ ଓ ସେବକାଦି ଆଶ୍ରିତଙ୍କ ପାଳନ-ପୋଷଣରେ ସମର୍ଥ, ସଦା ଅତିଥିସେବାର ବ୍ରତ ଧାରଣ କରନ୍ତି, ଦେବଯଜ୍ଞ ପରେ ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ଅନ୍ନ ମାତ୍ର ଭୋଜନ କରନ୍ତି—ତାଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୁଁ ନମସ୍କାର କରେ।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भृत्यभरणे: in the maintenance of dependents/servants
• भृत्यभरणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृत्य-भरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शक्ताः: capable, able
• शक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (कृदन्त; √शक्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सततम्: always, continually
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अतिथिव्रताः: having the vow of honoring guests
• अतिथिव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिथि-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भुञ्जते: they eat/partake
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (भुङ्क्ते)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• देवशेषाणि: remnants/offering-leftovers for the gods
• देवशेषाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नमस्यामि: I bow to / I salute
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नम् (नमस्यति)
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यादव: O Yādava
• यादव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yādava (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma is honored in two complementary forms: (1) ascetic restraint—living simply, practicing tapas, and avoiding hoarding; and (2) householder responsibility—supporting dependents, serving guests, and eating only after offering to the gods. Both express self-control and service.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Yādava (Kṛṣṇa) and declares whom he reveres. He praises exemplary people—forest ascetics devoted to austerity and non-accumulation, and householders devoted to hospitality, sacrificial order, and the care of dependents—by bowing to them as models of righteous living.