Shloka 25

अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्

Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच वेदेषु सपुराणेषु साड़ोपाड्रेषु गीयसे । त्वमज: शाश्वतो धाता माता5मृतमनुत्तमम्‌,नारदजी बोले--भगवन्‌! अंग और उपांगोंसहित सम्पूर्ण वेदों तथा पुराणोंमें आपकी ही महिमाका गान किया जाता है। आप अजन्मा, सनातन, सबके माता-पिता और सर्वोत्तम अमृतरूप हैं

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu gīyase | tvam ajaḥ śāśvato dhātā mātā pitā ca sarvataḥ | amṛtam anuttamam ||

Translation

నారదుడు పలికెను—భగవన్! అంగోపాంగాలతో కూడిన వేదాలలోను, పురాణాలలోను మీ మహిమనే గానము చేస్తారు. మీరు అజుడు, శాశ్వతుడు, ధాత; మీరు సమస్తానికి మాతా-పితా, మరియు ఉత్తమమైన అమృతస్వరూపుడు.

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

वेदेषुin the Vedas

स-पुराणेषुtogether with the Puranas / in the (texts) along with the Puranas

स-अङ्ग-उपाङ्गेषुwith the limbs and sub-limbs (i.e., with ancillary disciplines)

गीयसेyou are sung/praised

त्वम्you

अजःunborn

शाश्वतःeternal

धाताcreator/sustainer (the ordainer)

माताmother

अमृतम्nectar/immortality

अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, supreme

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Vedas

Purāṇas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms that the Supreme Lord is the ultimate subject of scriptural praise and the source of all support: unborn, eternal, the universal parent, and the highest immortality. Ethically, it grounds dharma in reverence for the transcendent foundation that scriptures point toward.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada addresses the Lord in a devotional register, declaring that all authoritative traditions—Vedas, Purāṇas, and their ancillary disciplines—celebrate the same Supreme Reality, whom he describes with classic epithets of divinity and immortality.