Shloka 52
Teaching of Karma-yoga
Student Conduct, Vedic Study, and Gāyatrī Supremacy
गायत्रीं चैव वेदांश्च तुलया तोलयत्प्रभुः । एकतश्चतुरोवेदा गायत्रीं च तथैकतः
gāyatrīṃ caiva vedāṃśca tulayā tolayatprabhuḥ | ekataścaturovedā gāyatrīṃ ca tathaikataḥ
प्रभुः तुलया गायत्रीं वेदान् च तोलयामास; एकतश्चतुरो वेदाः, अन्यतश्चैकैव गायत्री।
Unspecified narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: चैव → च + एव; वेदांश्च → वेदान् + च; तोलयत्प्रभुः → तोलयत् + प्रभुः; एकतश्चतुरोवेदा → एकतः + चतुरः + वेदाः; तथैकतः → तथा + एकतः.
FAQs
It elevates the Gāyatrī as a concentrated essence of Vedic knowledge, presenting it as comparable in spiritual weight to the entirety of the four Vedas.
The scale imagery communicates comparative value: the Lord’s “weighing” signifies an authoritative assessment that the Gāyatrī encapsulates the core power and meaning of the Vedas.
It encourages disciplined reverence for foundational mantra-practice—suggesting that sincere, focused recitation and contemplation of Gāyatrī can be a complete and potent spiritual discipline when approached with purity and devotion.