Shloka 27

Āśā-prabhava (आशाप्रभव) — On the Rise and Power of Hope/Expectation

Sumitra Itihāsa Begins

Devanagari script

भार्गवस्त्वाह सर्वज्ञ: प्रह्मादस्य महात्मन: । ज्ञानमस्ति विशेषेणेत्युक्तो हृष्टश्न सो5भवत्‌

Transliteration

bhārgavas tv āha sarvajñaḥ prahrādasya mahātmanaḥ | jñānam asti viśeṣeṇety ukto hṛṣṭaḥ sa abhavat, tataḥ sarvajñaḥ śukrācāryaṇe kahā—“mahātmā prahrādako isse viśeṣa śreyakā jñāna hai.” iti śrutvā indraḥ baḍe prasannaḥ abhavat |

Translation

سروَجْن بھارگو نے کہا—“مہاتما پرہلاد کے پاس خاص طور پر برتر اور فلاح بخش علم ہے۔” شُکرآچاریہ کی یہ بات سن کر اندر نہایت خوش ہوا اور سمجھا کہ حقیقی خیر و صلاح محض قوت میں نہیں بلکہ اعلیٰ حکمت و معرفت میں ہے۔

Word by Word

• भार्गवः: Bhargava (Shukra)
• भार्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• आह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वज्ञः: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रह्लादस्य: of Prahlada
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विशेषेण: especially/in particular
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष
• Form: Instrumental singular used adverbially

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been told/when told
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle)

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

घतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava (Śukrācārya)
• Prahlāda
• Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True śreyas (lasting welfare) is grounded in higher knowledge and virtue; even divine power respects and rejoices in the presence of superior spiritual insight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śukrācārya (the Bhārgava), described as all-knowing, states that Prahlāda possesses a special, superior knowledge of what is truly beneficial; hearing this, Indra becomes very pleased.