Shloka 52

Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account

Sanskrit

तुष्टाव योगनिद्रां तामेकाग्रहृदयस्थितः । विबोधनार्थाय हरेर्हरिनेत्रकृतालयाम् ॥

Transliteration

tuṣṭāva yoga-nidrāṃ tāṃ ekāgra-hṛdaya-sthitaḥ | vibodhanārthāya harer hari-netra-kṛtālayām ||

Translation

హరి నేత్రాలలో నివసించే ఆ యోగనిద్రను, హరిని మేల్కొలపుటకు, అతడు ఏకాగ్రచిత్తంతో స్తుతించాడు।

Word by Word

• तुष्टाव: praised
• तुष्टाव: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• योग-निद्राम्: Yoga-nidrā
• योग-निद्राम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: कर्मविशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘योगनिद्राम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• एकाग्र-हृदय-स्थितः: with a concentrated mind
• एकाग्र-हृदय-स्थितः: कर्तृविशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक) + √स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘स्थित’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (ब्रह्मणः); समासः—एकाग्रं हृदयं यस्य/एकाग्रे हृदये स्थितः (अर्थानुसार)

• विबोधन-अर्थाय: for awakening
• विबोधन-अर्थाय: प्रयोजन (Dative of purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबोधन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—विबोधनस्य अर्थाय (purpose)

• हरेः: of Hari (Vishnu)
• हरेः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• हरि-नेत्र-कृत-आलयाम्: whose abode is in Hari’s eyes
• हरि-नेत्र-कृत-आलयाम्: कर्मविशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + √कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘योगनिद्राम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण; समासः—हरेः नेत्रे कृतः आलयः यस्याः (i.e., whose abode is made in Hari’s eyes)

Speakers

• Medhas Ṛṣi narrating (introducing Brahmā’s forthcoming stuti)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bhakti", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu (Hari)
• Devī (Yoganidrā)

Shakti Aspects

• Yoganidrā Devī (a key epithet/form in the Madhu-Kaiṭabha episode)

Key Themes

• Stuti (hymn)
• Yoga-nidrā as Śakti
• Awakening of the preserver
• Devotional theology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

One-pointed devotion (ekāgratā) is portrayed as efficacious: Brahmā’s focused hymn becomes the means to restore cosmic function by awakening Viṣṇu. It elevates prayer/stuti as a disciplined act, not mere emotion.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Part of the pratisarga-protective narrative sequence: the cosmos is safeguarded through invocation of Śakti, enabling the preserver to act.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Dwelling in Hari’s eyes’ suggests Yogānidrā as the power that closes perception (the gates of awareness). To awaken the divine preserver is to request Śakti to withdraw the veil—symbolizing the transition from latent to active consciousness.