Shloka 38

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

Devanagari script

अथ भूयो जगत्स््रष्टा भो:शब्देनानुनादयन्‌

Transliteration

atha bhūyo jagatsraṣṭā bhoḥ-śabdenānunādayan sarasvatīm (vāṇīm) uccārayām āsa | tataḥ sārasvatasya āvirbhāvo 'bhavat | sarasvatyā vāṇyā utpanno 'sau śaktimān putraḥ apāntaratamā nāma babhūva ||

Translation

Затем вновь Творец миров заставил слог «bhoḥ» загреметь, так что эхо разнеслось по всем сторонам света, и произнёс Сарасвати — саму Речь, Вак. Из этого изречения явилось существо, именуемое Сарасвата. Могучий сын, рождённый от Сарасвати, то есть от божественной речи, стал известен под именем Апантаратама.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• भूयः: again, once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• जगत्-स्रष्टा: the creator of the world
• जगत्-स्रष्टा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-स्रष्टृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भोः-शब्देन: with the exclamation 'bhoḥ'
• भोः-शब्देन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोः-शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनुनादयन्: resounding, causing to reverberate
• अनुनादयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-नद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• जगत्स्रष्टा (Jagatsraṣṭā, the Creator)
• श्रीहरि (Śrīhari)
• सरस्वती (Sarasvatī / Vāṇī)
• सारस्वत (Sārasvata being)
• अपान्तरतमा (Apāntaratamā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the sanctity and creative potency of speech (Vāṇī/Sarasvatī): sacred sound is not merely communication but a generative principle through which order, knowledge, and powerful beings can manifest—suggesting ethical reverence for truthful, disciplined speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Creator makes the call “bhoḥ” reverberate in all directions and then utters Sarasvatī (speech). From this act, a Sarasvata manifestation appears, and a powerful son is born from Sarasvatī, named Apāntaratamā.