Shloka 17

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

ततस्त्रैगुण्यहीनास्ते परमात्मानमञज्जसा

Transliteration

tatas traiguṇya-hīnāste paramātmānam añjasā | tadanantaraṁ trīṇāṁ guṇānāṁ muktāḥ te śreṣṭhā dvijā anāyāsa eva nirguṇa-svarūpaṁ kṣetrajña-paramātmānaṁ praviśanti | yūyaṁ sarveṣāṁ nivāsa-sthānaṁ bhagavantaṁ vāsudevaṁ eva kṣetrajñaṁ jānīta ||

Translation

Nārada disse: “Então, libertos das três qualidades da natureza, esses excelentes duas-vezes-nascidos entram sem esforço no Ser Supremo—o Kṣetrajña, o Conhecedor interior do campo—cuja natureza está além de atributos. Portanto, compreendei que Vāsudeva, o Senhor Bem-aventurado, morada de todos os seres, é precisamente esse Kṣetrajña.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• त्रैगुण्यहीनाः: devoid of the three guṇas
• त्रैगुण्यहीनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैगुण्यहीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परमात्मानम्: the Supreme Self
• परमात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अञ्जसा: easily, directly
• अञ्जसा: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अञ्जसा

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Paramātman
• Kṣetrajña
• Bhagavān Vāsudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is described as transcending the three guṇas of prakṛti; when the mind is free from their sway, the seeker naturally realizes and ‘enters’ the nirguṇa Paramātman, identified here with Vāsudeva as the indwelling Kṣetrajña in all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is instructing listeners in a mokṣa-oriented discourse: he explains the post-realization state of exemplary dvijas who, having become guṇa-free, attain the Supreme Self, and he directs the audience to recognize Vāsudeva as the universal inner witness and support.