Shloka 25

अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्

Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच वेदेषु सपुराणेषु साड़ोपाड्रेषु गीयसे । त्वमज: शाश्वतो धाता माता5मृतमनुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu gīyase | tvam ajaḥ śāśvato dhātā mātā pitā ca sarvataḥ | amṛtam anuttamam ||

Translation

ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଭଗବନ୍! ଅଙ୍ଗ-ଉପାଙ୍ଗ ସହିତ ବେଦମାନେ ଓ ପୁରାଣମାନେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ମହିମାକୁ ଗାନ କରନ୍ତି। ଆପଣ ଅଜ, ଶାଶ୍ୱତ, ଧାତା; ଆପଣ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ମାତା-ପିତା ଏବଂ ସର୍ବୋତ୍ତମ ଅମୃତସ୍ୱରୂପ।

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वेदेषु: in the Vedas
• वेदेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• स-पुराणेषु: together with the Puranas / in the (texts) along with the Puranas
• स-पुराणेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• स-अङ्ग-उपाङ्गेषु: with the limbs and sub-limbs (i.e., with ancillary disciplines)
• स-अङ्ग-उपाङ्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग/उपाङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• गीयसे: you are sung/praised
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• अजः: unborn
• अजः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शाश्वतः: eternal
• शाश्वतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धाता: creator/sustainer (the ordainer)
• धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अमृतम्: nectar/immortality
• अमृतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, supreme
• अनुत्तमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vedas
• Purāṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms that the Supreme Lord is the ultimate subject of scriptural praise and the source of all support: unborn, eternal, the universal parent, and the highest immortality. Ethically, it grounds dharma in reverence for the transcendent foundation that scriptures point toward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada addresses the Lord in a devotional register, declaring that all authoritative traditions—Vedas, Purāṇas, and their ancillary disciplines—celebrate the same Supreme Reality, whom he describes with classic epithets of divinity and immortality.