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Shloka 13

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

यदासीन्मानसं जन्म नारायणमुखोद्गतम्‌ | ब्रह्मण: पृथिवीपाल तदा नारायण: स्वयम्‌

yad āsīn mānasaṃ janma nārāyaṇa-mukhodgatam | brahmaṇaḥ pṛthivīpāla tadā nārāyaṇaḥ svayam ||

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่มหากษัตริย์ เมื่อปฐมกาลกำเนิดแห่งพรหมาอันเป็น ‘มานสิกะ’ ได้อุบัติขึ้นจากพระโอษฐ์ของนารายณ์ ในกาลดึกดำบรรพ์นั้น นารายณ์เองได้ทรงสั่งสอนธรรมนี้แก่ท่าน”

यत्which (that)
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular
मानसम्mental, mind-born
मानसम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमानस
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जन्मbirth, origin
जन्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नारायणof Nārāyaṇa
नारायण:
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
मुखfrom (the) mouth
मुख:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootमुख
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
उद्गतम्arisen, emerged
उद्गतम्:
TypeParticiple
Rootउद्गत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मणःof Brahmā
ब्रह्मणः:
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पृथिवीपालO protector of the earth (king)
पृथिवीपाल:
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवीपाल
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तदाthen, at that time
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
नारायणःNārāyaṇa
नारायणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्वयम्himself
स्वयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम्
भूपालO king
भूपाल:
TypeNoun
Rootभूपाल
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
N
Nārāyaṇa
B
Brahmā
D
Devatās (gods)
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
P
Phenapa Ṛṣis
P
Pṛthivīpāla (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

Dharma is presented as primordial and authoritative: it originates with Nārāyaṇa, is taught to Brahmā at creation’s beginning, and is validated through practice—worship of gods and ancestors—before being received by later sages. The verse frames righteous ritual and ethical order as rooted in the divine source and transmitted through lineage.

Vaiśaṃpāyana recounts an origin-story: at the first emergence of Brahmā’s mind-born creation from Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa instructs Brahmā in a specific Dharma. Nārāyaṇa then exemplifies it by performing deva- and pitṛ-worship, and the Phenapa sages later adopt that same Dharma, showing its continuity across cosmic and human time.