Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तपोनिधे त्वयोक्त हि नारायणकथाश्रयम्‌ । स ईशो भगवान्‌ देव: सर्वभूतात्मभावन:

Transliteration

Janamejaya uvāca |

Taponidhe tvayokta hi nārāyaṇa-kathāśrayam |

Sa īśo bhagavān devaḥ sarva-bhūtātma-bhāvanaḥ ||

Translation

జనమేజయుడు పలికెను— ఓ తపోనిధీ! నారాయణకథాశ్రయంగా మీరు చెప్పిన మాటలే ఈ ఉపదేశానికి సారము. ఆ ప్రభువు, ఆ భగవాన్ దేవుడు—సర్వాధిపతి; సమస్త భూతాల అంతరాత్మను ఉద్భవింపజేసి పోషించువాడు।

Word by Word

• तपोनिधे: O treasure of austerity
• तपोनिधे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोनिधि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• उक्तम्: said/spoken
• उक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• नारायणकथाश्रयम्: having as its basis the story of Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणकथाश्रयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणकथाश्रय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ईशः: lord
• ईशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतात्मभावनः: the producer/nourisher of the selves of all beings
• सर्वभूतात्मभावनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वभूतात्मभावन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms that discourse rooted in Nārāyaṇa’s sacred narrative is the essence of the teaching, and it identifies Nārāyaṇa as the supreme sovereign who generates and sustains the inner self of all beings—grounding ethics and dharma in devotion to the highest Lord.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya addresses a revered ascetic (taponidhi), acknowledging that the sage’s exposition—centered on Nārāyaṇa—captures the heart of the text, and he summarizes Nārāyaṇa’s status as the Lord of all and the source of all beings.