Shloka 36

Devanagari script

द्वादशैवादिते: पुत्रा: शक्रमुख्या नराधिप । तेषामवरजो विष्णुर्यत्र लोका: प्रतिष्ठिता:,त्वष्टाकी पुत्री संज्ञा भगवान्‌ सूर्यकी धर्मपत्नी हैं। वे परम सौभाग्यवती हैं। उन्होंने अश्विनी (घोड़ी).का रूप धारण करके अन्तरिक्षमें दोनों अश्विनीकुमारोंको जन्म दिया। राजन्‌! अदितिके इन्द्र आदि बारह पुत्र ही हैं। उनमें भगवान्‌ विष्णु सबसे छोटे हैं, जिनमें ये सम्पूर्ण लोक प्रतिष्ठित हैं

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca—dvādaśaivāditeḥ putrāḥ śakramukhyā narādhipa | teṣām avarajo viṣṇur yatra lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: “O panginoon ng mga tao, si Aditi ay may tumpak na labindalawang anak, na pinangungunahan ni Śakra (Indra). Sa kanila, si Viṣṇu ang bunso—at sa Kanya nakasalig ang lahat ng mga daigdig.”

Word by Word

द्वादशtwelve

एवindeed/only

अदितेःof Aditi

पुत्राःsons

शक्रमुख्याःwith Śakra (Indra) as the chief

नराधिपO king (lord of men)

तेषाम्of them

अवरजःthe youngest

विष्णुःViṣṇu

यत्रwherein/where

लोकाःworlds

प्रतिष्ठिताःare established/are founded

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Aditi

Śakra (Indra)

Viṣṇu

lokāḥ (the worlds)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames cosmic stability as grounded in Viṣṇu: even within a genealogy of powerful deities (the twelve Ādityas), the youngest—Viṣṇu—is presented as the ultimate support in whom the worlds rest, emphasizing divine sustenance and order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating to the king, identifies Aditi’s sons as twelve, led by Indra, and highlights Viṣṇu as the youngest among them, adding a theological note that all worlds are established in him.