Shloka 67

Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method

Devanagari script

देवानां सर्वसत्वानां पुनस्त्रिविष्टपं व्रजेत् । गतागतं स्थिरं कृत्वा कामान्मोक्षं सुखं दिवम्

Transliteration

devānāṃ sarvasatvānāṃ punastriviṣṭapaṃ vrajet | gatāgataṃ sthiraṃ kṛtvā kāmānmokṣaṃ sukhaṃ divam

Translation

దేవతలకూ సమస్త జీవులకూ (జీవుడు) మళ్లీ త్రివిష్టపం (స్వర్గం)ను చేరుతాడు. రాకపోకలను స్థిరం చేసి, అనగా వాటిని నివారించి, కోరిన ఫలాలు—మోక్షం, సుఖం, దివ్య స్వర్గస్థితి—సాధిస్తాడు.

Word by Word

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• sarva-satvānām: of all beings
• sarva-satvānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि सत्त्वानि)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• triviṣṭapam: Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• triviṣṭapam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṭapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (त्रयाणां विष्टपानां समाहारः/त्रिविष्टपः = स्वर्गः)

• vrajet: should go
• vrajet: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• gata-āgatam: going and coming (movement)
• gata-āgatam: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (गम्-धातु, क्त) + āgata (आ+गम्-धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गतं च आगतं च)

• sthiram: steady/firm
• sthiram: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकर्म (having made)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• divam: heaven/sky
• divam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diva/div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa narrative)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: punas+triviṣṭapam→punastriviṣṭapaṃ; gata+āgatam→gatāgataṃ; kāmān+mokṣam→kāmānmokṣaṃ

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is meant by “Triviṣṭapa” in this verse?

Triviṣṭapa is a traditional Sanskrit name for Svarga (the heavenly realm), often associated with the abode of the Devas and the enjoyment of celestial merit.

What does “gatāgata” (coming and going) imply philosophically?

It implies saṁsāra—the recurring movement through births and deaths. “Making it steady” indicates stilling or ending this cycle through higher realization or liberation-oriented practice.

How can the verse mention both heaven (divam) and liberation (mokṣa)?

Purāṇic passages often present a spectrum of outcomes: merit may lead to heavenly attainment, while deeper spiritual attainment leads to mokṣa; the verse lists these as “desired aims,” depending on one’s aspiration and spiritual maturity.