Shloka 13

नग्न-परिभाषा तथा देव-स्तोत्रपूर्वक मायामोह-उत्पत्ति

Defining ‘Nagna’ and the Devas’ Hymn Leading to Māyāmoha

Devanagari script

तथाप्य् अरातिविध्वंसध्वस्तवीर्या भवार्थिनः त्वां स्तोष्यामस् तवोक्तीनां याथार्थ्यं नैव गोचरे

Transliteration

tathāpy arātividhvaṃsadhvastavīryā bhavārthinaḥ tvāṃ stoṣyāmas tavoktīnāṃ yāthārthyaṃ naiva gocare

Translation

అయినప్పటికీ—వైరి శక్తుల దాడితో మా వీర్యం నశించినా—సంసారబంధం నుండి విముక్తిని కోరే మేము నిన్ను స్తుతిస్తాము; ఎందుకంటే నీ గురించి చెప్పబడిన వాక్యాల యథార్థం వాక్కుకు పూర్తిగా అందదు।

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless, even so
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुनयार्थक-निपात (concessive particle: “even so/however”)

• अराति-विध्वंस-ध्वस्त-वीर्याः: whose prowess is destroyed by the ruin of enemies
• अराति-विध्वंस-ध्वस्त-वीर्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अराति (प्रातिपदिक) + विध्वंस (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वस्त (कृदन्त; ध्वंस्/ध्वस् धातु) + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अरातीनां विध्वंसः → तेन ध्वस्तं वीर्यं यस्य)

• भव-अर्थिनः: seekers of worldly existence (or becoming)
• भव-अर्थिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), पुल्लिङ्ग; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (भवम् अर्थयन्ति)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), पुल्लिङ्ग/सर्वनाम; कर्म

• स्तोष्यामः: we shall praise
• स्तोष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); सम्बन्ध

• उक्तीनाम्: of (your) statements
• उक्तीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• याथार्थ्यम्: truth, exactness
• याथार्थ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथार्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; भाववाचक

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• गोचरे: within the range (of comprehension)
• गोचरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), पुल्लिङ्ग; अधिकरण

Speaker

Devotees/supplicants addressing Lord Vishnu (as presented by Sage Parāśara in narration to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of the verse saying Vishnu’s reality is beyond speech?

It teaches that even authoritative descriptions cannot fully capture Vishnu’s true nature; devotion persists despite the mind and language failing to encompass Him.

How does Sage Parāśara frame the devotee’s approach when power and confidence are broken?

Through the narrative voice, the text presents praise and surrender as the correct response: even in weakness caused by opposing forces, one turns to Vishnu as the transcendent refuge.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is implied as the Supreme Reality whose essence exceeds conceptual and verbal limits, aligning with Vaishnava philosophical emphasis on His sovereignty and transcendence.