Shloka 37

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

Devanagari script

एतदेव रहस्यं व: पद्मनाभस्य धीमत: । मया प्रोक्ते समासेन न भी: कार्या तपोधना:,तपोधनो! यह मैंने आपलोगोंके निकट बुद्धिमान्‌ भगवान्‌ विष्णुका गुप्त रहस्य संक्षेपसे बताया है। आपलोगोंको भय नहीं मानना चाहिये

Transliteration

etad eva rahasyaṃ vaḥ padmanābhasya dhīmataḥ | mayā prokte samāsena na bhīḥ kāryā tapodhanāḥ ||

Translation

โอ้ผู้มั่งคั่งด้วยตบะ! นี่แลคือคำสอนลับว่าด้วยพระปัทมนาภะ (พระวิษณุ) ผู้ทรงปรีชา ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวแก่ท่านทั้งหลายโดยสังเขปแล้ว; เพราะฉะนั้นท่านทั้งหลายอย่าได้หวาดหวั่นเลย

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• रहस्यम्: secret, mystery
• रहस्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वः: to you / of you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Plural

• पद्मनाभस्य: of Padmanabha (Vishnu)
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: पद्मनाभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धीमतः: of the wise
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• प्रोक्तम्: said, declared
• Type: Verb (Past Passive Participle)
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive (PPP)

• समासेन: briefly, in summary
• समासेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भीः: fear
• भीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कार्या: to be done/should be (made)
• Type: Verb (Gerundive)
• Root: कृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, तव्यत्/यत् (obligative/gerundive sense)

• तपोधनाः: O ascetics rich in austerity
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Padmanābha (Viṣṇu)
• Tapodhanāḥ (ascetics)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vāyudeva reassures the ascetics that he has already disclosed, in concise form, the esoteric truth about Lord Viṣṇu (Padmanābha); having received this instruction, they should remain steadfast and free from fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is concluding or summarizing a confidential doctrinal explanation about Viṣṇu and addresses the listeners—ascetics described as ‘wealthy in tapas’—urging them not to be afraid after hearing the secret teaching.