Shloka 14
Vasiṣṭha on Saṃsāra, Guṇas, and Misattributed Agency
Mahābhārata 12.292
Devanagari script
गत: शुक्रत्वमुशना देवदेवप्रसादनात् । देवीं स्तुत्वा तु गगने मोदते यशसा वृत:
Transliteration
gataḥ śukratvam uśanā devadeva-prasādanāt | devīṁ stutvā tu gagane modate yaśasā vṛtaḥ ||
Translation
गतः शुक्रत्वमुशना देवदेवप्रसादनात् । देवीं स्तुत्वा तु गगने मोदते यशसा वृतः ॥
Word by Word
गतःhaving attained / having gone to
गतः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (गत)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
शुक्रत्वम्the state of being Śukra (Śukra-hood)
शुक्रत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्रत्व (शुक्र + त्व)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उशनाUśanā (Śukra, the preceptor of Asuras)
उशना:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउशनस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवदेवप्रसादनात्from/through the favor (propitiation) of the God of gods
देवदेवप्रसादनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवदेवप्रसादन (देवदेव + प्रसादन)
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
देवीम्the goddess
देवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
स्तुत्वाhaving praised
स्तुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
गगनेin the sky
गगने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगगन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
मोदतेrejoices
मोदते:
TypeVerb
Rootमुद्
FormPresent (लट्), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada
यशसाwith fame
यशसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयशस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
वृतःsurrounded/covered
वृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृत)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
Speaker
पराशर उवाच
Characters & Entities
प
पराशर (Parāśara)उ
उशना / उशनाḥ (Uśanā / Uśanāḥ)श
शुक्र (Śukra)द
देवदेव (Devadeva)द
देवी (Devī)ग
गगन (gagana, the sky)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that exalted spiritual or cosmic status is attained through divine grace, which is cultivated by sincere reverence and praise; such devotion results in upliftment and enduring fame (yaśas).
Parāśara narrates that Uśanā, by pleasing the supreme deity (Devadeva) and praising the Goddess, attains the condition of Śukra and rejoices in the heavens, surrounded by renown.