Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण उवाच एवमेतन्महाप्राज्ञ विदितात्मन्‌ भुजड्रम । नातिक्रान्तास्त्वया देवा: सर्वयैव यथातथम्‌

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca: evam etan mahāprājña viditātman bhujaṅgama. nātikrāntās tvayā devāḥ sarvaśaiva yathātatham.

Translation

ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ କହିଲେ—ହେ ମହାପ୍ରାଜ୍ଞ, ଆତ୍ମଜ୍ଞ, ନାଗରାଜ! ଏହା ଏମିତି ହିଁ। ଦେବତାମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତୁମକୁ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରିନାହାନ୍ତି; ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରୁ ଏହି କଥା ଯଥାର୍ଥ।

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महाप्राज्ञ: O greatly wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विदितात्मन्: O self-knowing one (whose self is known)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदितात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भुजङ्गेन्द्र: O lord of serpents
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजङ्गेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अतिक्रान्ताः: surpassed, gone beyond
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम्
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वया: in every way, wholly
• सर्वया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तथा: so, in that way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (speaker)
• Bhujaṅgama / Nāgarāja (serpent-king addressee)
• Devas (gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True superiority is measured by realized wisdom and self-knowledge (viditātman), not merely by divine status; the Brāhmaṇa affirms that insight into reality can stand equal to or beyond the gods.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brāhmaṇa addresses a serpent-king (nāgarāja/bhujaṅgama), confirming the serpent’s profound understanding and declaring that even the gods have not exceeded him—an emphatic endorsement of the truth just stated.