Shloka 6

Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa

Assembly Hymn of Many Names

Devanagari script

अदित्या: सप्तधा त्वं तु पुराणो गर्भतां गत: । पृश्चिगर्भस्त्वमेवैकस्त्रियुगं त्वां वदन्त्यपि

Transliteration

adityāḥ saptadhā tvaṃ tu purāṇo garbhatāṃ gataḥ | pṛścigarbhas tvam evaikas triyugaṃ tvāṃ vadanty api ||

Translation

ହେ ପୁରାଣପୁରୁଷ! ଆପଣ ଅଦିତିଙ୍କ ଗର୍ଭରେ ସପ୍ତ ପ୍ରକାରେ ଅବତାର ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିଛନ୍ତି; ଆପଣ ଏକମାତ୍ର ‘ପୃଶ୍ଚିଗର୍ଭ’ ନାମରେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ; ଏବଂ ତିନି ଯୁଗରେ ପ୍ରକଟ ହେବାରୁ ପଣ୍ଡିତମାନେ ଆପଣଙ୍କୁ ‘ତ୍ରିୟୁଗ’ ବୋଲି ମଧ୍ୟ କହନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• अदित्याः: of Aditi
• अदित्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• सप्तधा: sevenfold, in seven ways
• सप्तधा: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा

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

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पुराणः: ancient, primeval
• पुराणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुराण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गर्भताम्: the state of being in the womb (embryonic state)
• गर्भताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone/entered (having attained)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृश्चिगर्भः: Pṛści-garbha (one who was in Pṛści’s womb)
• पृश्चिगर्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृश्चिगर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• एकः: one, single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रियुगम्: Triyuga (the one connected with three yugas)
• त्रियुगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रियुग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वदन्ति: they call/say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Aditi
• Pṛścigarbha
• Triyuga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the Lord’s transcendence and compassionate accessibility: the primordial reality can assume multiple forms and names for the welfare and understanding of beings across different ages. Recognizing these epithets is a way of acknowledging divine continuity through time.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana is describing the addressed deity as having taken birth/manifestation through Aditi in sevenfold fashion, identifying him with the epithet Pṛścigarbha, and noting that learned people call him Triyuga because of his appearance across the three yugas.