Shloka 9

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

नारायणाड्कप्रख्यस्त्वं साम्परायेडतिपठ्यसे । भगवाननेकश: कृत्वा त्वया विष्णोश्व विश्वकृत्‌

Transliteration

nārāyaṇāḍka-prakhyas tvaṃ sāmparāye ’tipaṭhyase | bhagavān anekaśaḥ kṛtvā tvayā viṣṇoś ca viśvakṛt ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ—ଆପଣ ନାରାୟଣସଦୃଶ ବୋଲି ପ୍ରଖ୍ୟାତ, ଏବଂ ପରଲୋକରେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ମହିମା ସର୍ବତ୍ର ପାଠିତ ହୁଏ। ବୈରାଗ୍ୟ ଓ ଅଭ୍ୟାସରୁ ଲଭ୍ୟ ଦିବ୍ୟଦୃଷ୍ଟିଦ୍ୱାରା, ଯୋଗବଳେ ହୃଦୟକମଳର କର୍ଣ୍ଣିକାକୁ ଉଦ୍ଘାଟିତ କରି, ବିଶ୍ୱକର୍ତ୍ତା ଭଗବାନ ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କୁ ଆପଣ ଅନେକଥର ସାକ୍ଷାତ୍ କରିଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• नारायणात्: from Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• प्रख्यः: renowned, famous
• प्रख्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रख्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• साम्पराये: in the hereafter, in the next world
• साम्पराये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्पराय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अतिपठ्यसे: you are much recited/praised (lit. read aloud repeatedly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति + पठ्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Ātmanepada, Active (Ātmanepada usage)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनेकशः: many times, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस्

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• विश्वकृत्: the maker of the universe
• विश्वकृत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārāyaṇa
• Viṣṇu
• Viśvakṛt (Creator of the universe)
• hṛdaya-kamala (lotus of the heart)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual authority is grounded in inner realization: through vairāgya (detachment) and abhyāsa (disciplined practice), one gains divya-dṛṣṭi (purified vision) and can directly realize the Lord (sākṣātkāra). Public praise is presented as the natural consequence of such realized devotion, not its goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is extolling a devotee/ascetic figure, describing him as Nārāyaṇa-like and universally praised in the hereafter, and affirming that he has repeatedly had direct visions of Viṣṇu, the cosmic creator, through yogic opening of the inner heart-lotus and the spiritual power born of detachment and practice.