Shloka 62

देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship

Devanagari script

सहस््रशो5प्यनेकश: प्रवक्तुमुत्सहाम ते । अबुद्धिमोहनं पुन: प्रभुर्निनाय पावक:

Transliteration

sahasraśo 'py anekaśaḥ pravaktum utsahāma te | abuddhi-mohanaṃ punaḥ prabhur nināya pāvakaḥ ||

Translation

व्यास उवाच—सहस्रशोऽप्यनेकशः प्रवक्तुमुत्सहेऽहं ते; प्रभुः पावक इव शुद्धिकरोऽबुद्धिमोहनं निनाय। तस्माद् यस्य बुद्धिर्न मोहिता स धर्मात्मा नित्यं पुण्यलोकं नीयते।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'sahasraśaḥ', 'definition': 'a thousand times

• repeatedly'}, {'term': 'api', 'definition': 'even

• also'}, {'term': 'anekaśaḥ', 'definition': 'many times

• in many ways'}, {'term': 'pravaktum', 'definition': 'to speak

• to declare'}, {'term': 'utsahāma (utsahāmi/utsahāvaḥ)', 'definition': 'I am able

• I have the resolve/energy (to do)'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'to you'}, {'term': 'abuddhi-mohana', 'definition': 'that which bewilders the intellect

• delusion/confusion of understanding'}, {'term': 'punaḥ', 'definition': 'again

• further'}, {'term': 'prabhuḥ', 'definition': 'the Lord

• the powerful one'}, {'term': 'nināya', 'definition': 'led away

• carried off'}, {'term': 'pāvakaḥ', 'definition': 'fire

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Prabhu (the Lord)
• Pāvaka (Fire, as purifier)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Repeatedly and emphatically, the verse teaches that delusion which clouds the intellect is to be removed; when one’s understanding is not overcome by such moha, the righteous path bears fruit—leading the person toward a meritorious, auspicious realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses his listener and reiterates a moral certainty: the Lord, likened to purifying fire, dispels intellectual bewilderment; as a result, the dharmic person who remains clear-minded is guided toward the reward of puṇya (a higher, blessed state).