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Shloka 14

कद्रू-इन्द्र-स्तुतिः तथा नागानां तापनिवृत्तिः

Kadrū’s Hymn to Indra and the Nāgas’ Distress

अध्यात्मयोगनिद्रां च पद्मनाभस्य सेवत: । युगादिकालशयनं विष्णोरमिततेजस:,आध्यात्मिक योगनिद्राका सेवन करनेवाले अमित-तेजस्वी कमलनाभ भगवान्‌ विष्णुके लिये वह (युगान्तकालसे लेकर) युगादिकालतक शयनागार बना रहता है

adhyātmayoganidrāṃ ca padmanābhasya sevataḥ | yugādikālaśayanaṃ viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ ||

สำหรับพระวิษณุผู้มีนาภีดุจดอกบัว ผู้รุ่งเรืองหาประมาณมิได้ และทรงดำรงอยู่ในโยคะนิทราอันเป็นสมาธิภายใน ภาวะนั้นเองกลับเป็นแท่นบรรทม—เป็นที่พักแห่งจักรวาลตั้งแต่ปลายยุคหนึ่งไปจนถึงต้นยุคถัดไป

अध्यात्मयोगनिद्राम्the yogic sleep of spiritual contemplation
अध्यात्मयोगनिद्राम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यात्मयोगनिद्रा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पद्मनाभस्यof Padmanabha (lotus-naveled)
पद्मनाभस्य:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपद्मनाभ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सेवत:of (one) serving
सेवत::
TypeVerb
Rootसेव्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
युगादिकालशयनम्the couch/bed for the time from the beginning of an age
युगादिकालशयनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुगादिकालशयन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विष्णोःof Vishnu
विष्णोः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अमिततेजसःof immeasurable splendor
अमिततेजसः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअमिततेजस्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

शौनक उवाच

शौनक (Śaunaka)
विष्णु (Viṣṇu)
पद्मनाभ (Padmanābha)
अध्यात्मयोगनिद्रा (adhyātma-yoga-nidrā)
युग (yuga)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents divine ‘sleep’ as adhyātma-yoga-nidrā—an inward, disciplined meditative repose. It implies that spiritual absorption is a sustaining power that underlies cosmic order, carrying the universe through transitions between the end of one age and the beginning of the next.

Śaunaka is describing Viṣṇu (Padmanābha) in his yogic sleep. This state is portrayed as Viṣṇu’s ‘couch’ across cosmic time—linking yuga-end and yuga-beginning—thus situating the discussion in a mythic-cosmological frame rather than a human battlefield narrative.