Shloka 19

Devanagari script

समाहितमनस्काश्ष नियता: संयतेन्द्रिया: । एकान्तभावोपगता वासुदेव॑ विशन्ति ते

Transliteration

samāhitamanaskāś ca niyatāḥ saṁyatendriyāḥ | ekāntabhāvopagatā vāsudevaṁ viśanti te ||

Translation

Нарада сказал: «Те, чьи умы прочно собраны, кто дисциплинирован обетами и обуздал чувства,—приняв прибежище в единодушной преданности,—входят в самого Васудеву. Учение подчёркивает внутреннее самообуздание и чистоту поведения как нравственное основание бхакти, завершающееся не просто наградой, но полным единением с Божественным».

Word by Word

• समाहितमनस्काः: having concentrated minds
• समाहितमनस्काः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित-मनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नियताः: disciplined, restrained
• नियताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संयतेन्द्रियाः: having controlled senses
• संयतेन्द्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत-इन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एकान्तभावोपगताः: having attained exclusive devotion
• एकान्तभावोपगताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकान्त-भाव-उपगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वासुदेवम्: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विशन्ति: enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vāsudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that liberation/union with the Supreme (Vāsudeva) is reached through a life of disciplined observances (niyama), restraint of the senses, and single-minded devotion (ekānta-bhāva). Ethical self-regulation is presented as the necessary ground for mature bhakti.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing the spiritual outcome for devoted practitioners: those who have steadied the mind, live by vows and purity, and have conquered sensory impulses are said to ‘enter’ Vāsudeva—i.e., attain intimate union with the Lord rather than merely receiving external rewards.