Shloka 51

Devanagari script

उपसर्प्य च देवेशं ब्रह्माणं लोकसाक्षिकम्‌ | भूत्वा प्राजजलय: सर्वे वाक्यमुच्चारयंस्तदा,लोकसाक्षी देवेश्वर ब्रह्माके निकट पहुँचकर सबने हाथ जोड़कर प्रणाम किया और कहा--

Transliteration

upasarpya ca deveśaṃ brahmāṇaṃ lokasākṣikam | bhūtvā prāñjalayaḥ sarve vākyam uccārayams tadā ||

Translation

உலகங்களின் சாட்சியும் தேவர்களின் ஈசனுமான பிரம்மாவை அணுகி, அனைவரும் கைகூப்பி நின்று, அப்போது இவ்வாறு உரைத்தனர்.

Word by Word

• उपसर्प्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपसृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• देवेशम्: the lord of the gods
• देवेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकसाक्षिकम्: as witness of the worlds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकसाक्षिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूत्वा: having become / being
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• प्राञ्जलयः: with joined palms (reverent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उच्चारयन्तः: uttering / pronouncing
• Type: Verb
• Root: उच्चारय् (उत्+चार्, णिच्) (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Brahmā
• Deveśa (epithet of Brahmā here)
• Lokasākṣin (epithet: witness of the worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic conduct in approaching higher authority: humility (añjali), recognition of moral accountability (Brahmā as lokasākṣin), and the preference for respectful petition and truthful speech when seeking direction.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group (contextually, those present in the episode) approaches Brahmā, described as the lordly deity and witness of the worlds. They join their hands in reverence and begin to speak—introducing a request, inquiry, or appeal that follows in subsequent verses.