Shloka 266

अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्

Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas

Devanagari script

यजन्ते त्वामहरहर्नानामूर्तिसमास्थितम्‌ । देव! आपमें ही भूत, भविष्य और वर्तमानकालीन यह सम्पूर्ण जगत प्रतिष्ठित है। गार्हस्थ्यमूलक चारों आश्रमोंके सब लोग नाना रूपोंमें स्थित हुए आपकी ही प्रतिदिन पूजा करते हैं

Transliteration

yajante tvām ahar-ahar nānā-mūrti-samāsthitam | deva! tvayi eva bhūta-bhaviṣyat-vartamāna-kālīnaṃ idaṃ samastaṃ jagat pratiṣṭhitam | gārhasthya-mūlakānāṃ caturṇām āśramāṇāṃ sarve janāḥ nānā-rūpeṣu sthitvā tvām eva pratidinaṃ pūjayanti |

Translation

यजन्ते त्वामहरहर्नानामूर्तिसमास्थितम् । त्वय्येव भूतभव्यवर्तमानं जगत्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । गार्हस्थ्यमूलकचतुराश्रम्याः सर्वे जनाः नानारूपस्थिताः प्रतिदिनं त्वामेव पूजयन्ति ॥

Word by Word

• यजन्ते: they worship/sacrifice to
• यजन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Lat (Present), Atmanepada, 3rd, Plural

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अहर्-अहर्: day by day; every day
• अहर्-अहर्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहर्
• Form: reduplication used adverbially

• नाना-मूर्ति-समास्थितम्: abiding/established in many forms
• नाना-मूर्ति-समास्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समास्थित (स्था धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त, उपसर्ग: सम् + आ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Deva (the addressed deity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the Divine is the underlying support of all time—past, present, and future—and that dharmic life across all four āśramas is ultimately oriented toward daily worship of that one Reality, approached through many forms.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is praising the addressed deity, describing how all people—especially those living within the four āśramas rooted in household life—worship the Lord every day in diverse manifestations, affirming the deity as the foundation of the entire cosmos.