Shloka 179

Agastya Arghya Rite and the Gaurī & Sārasvata Vows

with Origin Narratives and Merit Statements

Devanagari script

यस्य संकीर्तनादेव देवी तुष्येत्सरस्वती । यावद्भक्तः स्तवं कुर्यादेतद्व्रतमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

yasya saṃkīrtanādeva devī tuṣyetsarasvatī | yāvadbhaktaḥ stavaṃ kuryādetadvratamanuttamam

Translation

เพียงด้วยการสังคีรตนะ (สวดสรรเสริญด้วยภักติ) นั้นเอง เทวีสรัสวตีทรงพอพระทัย; ตราบใดที่ผู้ภักตะยังสาธยายบทสตวะอยู่ วรตะนี้นับว่าเลิศยิ่งหาที่เปรียบมิได้

Word by Word

• yasya: of which/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃkīrtanāt: from chanting/praising
• saṃkīrtanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkīrtana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tuṣyet: would be pleased
• tuṣyet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; devī-समानााधिकरण

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• bhaktaḥ: a devotee
• bhaktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• stavam: hymn
• stavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do/recite
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (vratam-विशेषण)

• vratam: vow
• vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anuttamam: unsurpassed, excellent
• anuttamam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-uttama (प्रातिपदिक; na + uttama)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (vratam-विशेषण)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 22).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: saṃkīrtanāt+eva→saṃkīrtanādeva; tuṣyet+sarasvatī→tuṣyetsarasvatī; kuryāt+etat→kuryādetat; etat+vratam→etadvratam (t→d before voiced); vratam+anuttamam→vratamanuttamam.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What practice is praised in this verse?

The verse praises saṅkīrtana—devotional chanting or collective praise—as a direct means of pleasing Goddess Sarasvatī.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

It presents devotion expressed through hymn-recitation (stava) as a supreme religious observance (vrata), highlighting love and praise as central spiritual acts.

What is the ethical or practical takeaway of this vow (vrata)?

Sustained, sincere recitation—continuing the hymn with devotion—is portrayed as the key discipline; constancy in practice is valued over mere formality.