Shloka 10

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

Devanagari script

जनमेजय उवाच यत्तद्‌ दर्शितवान्‌ ब्रह्मा देवं हयशिरोधरम्‌

Transliteration

janamejaya uvāca yattad darśitavān brahmā devaṃ hayaśirodharam

Translation

ਜਨਮੇਜਯ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜਿਸ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਅਸ਼ਵ-ਸ਼ਿਰਧਾਰੀ ਦੇਵ ਨੂੰ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਨੇ ਦਰਸਾਇਆ (ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਕੀਤਾ) ਸੀ…

Word by Word

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (same thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दर्शितवान्: showed / has shown
• दर्शितवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दर्शितवत् (दृश् + णिच् + क्त + वतुप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हयशिरोधरम्: horse-headed (bearing a horse-head)
• हयशिरोधरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हयशिरोधर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Brahmā
• Hayashira (horse-headed deity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames dharmic learning as beginning with humble inquiry: Janamejaya seeks clarification about a divine form revealed by Brahmā, implying that right understanding comes through asking and receiving authoritative instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya is speaking and referring back to an earlier revelation: Brahmā had shown or identified a divine being described as ‘horse-headed.’ The line functions as the opening of a question that will lead into further explanation.