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Shloka 65

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

तस्याप्यकथयत्‌ पूर्व नारद: सुमहातपा:,राजन! उनसे भी प्राचीनकालमें महातपस्वी नारदजीने इसका प्रतिपादन किया था। नारायणकी आराधनामें लगे हुए अनन्य भक्त चन्द्रमाके समान गौरवर्णवाले उन्हीं परब्रह्मस्वरूप भगवान्‌ अच्युतको प्राप्त होते हैं

tasya apy akathayat pūrvaṃ nāradaḥ sumahātapāḥ | rājan, unse'pi prācīnakāle mahātapasvī nāradajīne asya pratipādanaṃ kṛtavān | nārāyaṇasyā ārādhanāyāṃ lagāḥ ananya-bhaktāḥ candramā iva gauravarṇāḥ te eva parabrahma-svarūpaṃ bhagavantaṃ acyutaṃ prāpnuvanti ||

ข้าแต่มหาราช ก่อนหน้าท่านผู้นั้นเสียอีก นารทมหาตบะได้แสดงคำสอนนี้ไว้แล้ว ผู้มีภักติอันไม่แบ่งใจซึ่งหมกมุ่นในการบูชาพระนารายณ์—ผ่องใสดุจแสงจันทร์—ย่อมบรรลุพระอจยุต ผู้ไม่เสื่อม ผู้มีสภาวะเป็นปรพรหม

तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अकथयत्told/declared
अकथयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (कथ् caus.)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
पूर्वम्formerly/earlier
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
नारदःNārada
नारदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुमहातपाःthe very great ascetic
सुमहातपाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुमहातपस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
N
Nārada
N
Nārāyaṇa
A
Acyuta
R
Rājan (the King, i.e., Janamejaya)

Educational Q&A

Exclusive, one-pointed devotion (ananya-bhakti) to Nārāyaṇa leads the devotee to attain Acyuta, who is identified with the Supreme Brahman; the verse emphasizes both the goal (union/attainment of the Supreme) and the means (steadfast worship).

Vaiśampāyana, addressing the king, cites the ancient authority of the sage Nārada, stating that Nārada had already expounded this doctrine earlier—thereby reinforcing the teaching’s legitimacy through revered lineage and testimony.