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Shloka 30

Kriyā-yoga, the Virāṭ-Puruṣa Mapping, and the Sun-God’s Monthly Expansions

एक एव हि लोकानां सूर्य आत्मादिकृद्धरि: । सर्ववेदक्रियामूलमृषिभिर्बहुधोदित: ॥ ३० ॥

eka eva hi lokānāṁ sūrya ātmādi-kṛd dhariḥ sarva-veda-kriyā-mūlam ṛṣibhir bahudhoditaḥ

พระสุริยเทพไม่ต่างจากพระหริผู้เป็นภควาน; พระองค์ทรงเป็นดวงวิญญาณหนึ่งเดียวของโลกทั้งปวงและเป็นผู้สร้างดั้งเดิม อีกทั้งเป็นรากฐานแห่งพิธีกรรมตามพระเวท ซึ่งเหล่าฤษีได้ขานพระนามไว้หลากหลาย

ekaḥone, single
ekaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)
evaindeed, only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
hifor, indeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/indeed)
lokānāmof the worlds/people
lokānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
sūryaḥO Sun
sūryaḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/सम्बोधन-प्राय (vocative-like address)
ātmādi-kṛtmaker of the self and others (originator)
ātmādi-kṛt:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootātman + ādi + kṛ (धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: आत्म-आदि-कृत् (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्त्व), कृदन्त: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘कृत्’ (doer/maker); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
hariḥHari (Vishnu)
hariḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
sarva-veda-kriyā-mūlamthe root/source of all Vedic rites
sarva-veda-kriyā-mūlam:
Karma (कर्म/Object-complement)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva + veda + kriyā + mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: सर्व-वेदा-क्रिया-मूलम् (बहु-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विधेय/विशेष्य (predicate complement)
ṛṣibhiḥby the sages
ṛṣibhiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument-Agentive)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
bahudhāin many ways
bahudhā:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbahudhā (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
uditaḥdeclared, proclaimed
uditaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootud + i (धातु) (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)
H
Hari

FAQs

This verse states that Hari is the foundational root (mūla) of all Vedic actions and injunctions—meaning Vedic duties ultimately find their purpose in the Supreme Lord.

He uses the sun metaphor to show that just as one sun illuminates everything, the one Supreme Lord sustains and illumines all worlds as their ultimate source and guide.

Perform your duties with the understanding that their highest fulfillment is devotion to Hari—aligning work, study, family life, and ethics as offerings to God rather than as ends in themselves.