Shloka 134

Devanagari script

विनयेनाञ्जलिं कृत्वा प्रयत्नेनोपगम्य ह । दृष्टो मया स भूतात्मा देवः कमललोचन:,उस अमित तेजस्वी शिशुका अनन्त प्रभाव देखकर मैं यत्नपूर्वक उसके समीप गया और विनीतभावसे हाथ जोड़कर सम्पूर्ण भूतोंके आत्मा उस कमलनयन देवताका दर्शन किया

Transliteration

vinayenāñjaliṁ kṛtvā prayatnenopagamya ha | dṛṣṭo mayā sa bhūtātmā devaḥ kamalalocanaḥ ||

Translation

பணிவுடன் கைகூப்பி, முயன்று அவன் அருகே சென்று, எல்லா உயிர்களின் உள்ளாத்மாவான அந்தத் தாமரைக் கண்கள் கொண்ட தேவனை நான் தரிசித்தேன்.

Word by Word

विनयेनwith humility

अञ्जलिम्joined hands (añjali)

कृत्वाhaving made/done

प्रयत्नेनwith effort

उपगम्यhaving approached

हindeed/for emphasis

दृष्टःwas seen

मयाby me

सःthat/he

भूतात्माthe self/soul of beings

देवःthe god

कमललोचनःlotus-eyed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana (speaker)

a lotus-eyed Deva (kamalalocanaḥ)

bhūtātmā (the indwelling Self of all beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical posture of humility and reverence: approaching the divine (or the spiritually exalted) with self-restraint, joined palms, and sincere effort, leading to a transformative vision (darśana) of the indwelling Self of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes respectfully approaching a radiant, lotus-eyed deity and receiving direct sight of that divine presence, characterized as the bhūtātmā—the inner spirit pervading all creatures.