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Shloka 111

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

स चास्माकमुपाध्याय: सहास्माभिवविशाम्पते | चतुर्वेदोदगताभिस्तमृग्भि: समभितुष्ठवे,प्रजानाथ! फिर हमारे उपाध्याय व्यासने हमारे साथ चारों वेदोंकी ऋचाओंद्वारा उन नारायणदेवका स्तवन किया

sa cāsmākam upādhyāyaḥ sahāsmābhir vaviśāṁpate | caturvedodgatābhis tam ṛgbhiḥ samabhituṣṭhuve prajānātha |

اے رعایا کے سردار! پھر ہمارے اُپادھیائے ویاس نے ہمارے ساتھ (اس مقام میں) داخل ہو کر چاروں ویدوں سے ماخوذ رِچاؤں کے ذریعے اُس دیوتا نارائن کی باقاعدہ ستوتی کی۔

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्माकम्of us / our
अस्माकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Plural
उपाध्यायःteacher / preceptor
उपाध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपाध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहtogether with
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
अस्माभिःwith us / by us
अस्माभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Plural
अवशाम्helpless / powerless (ones)
अवशाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअवश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पतेO lord
पते:
TypeNoun
Rootपति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
चतुः-वेद-उद्गताभिःby (verses) arisen from the four Vedas
चतुः-वेद-उद्गताभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर् + वेद + उद्गत (उद्-गम्)
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ऋग्भिःwith hymns / ṛks
ऋग्भिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootऋच्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
समभितुष्ठवेpraised / satisfied (by praising)
समभितुष्ठवे:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + अभि + तुष्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada
प्रजानाथO lord of creatures
प्रजानाथ:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा + नाथ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
O
our preceptor (Vyāsa, implied by the Hindi gloss)
N
Nārāyaṇa
T
the four Vedas

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights a dharmic mode of worship: honoring the Supreme (Nārāyaṇa) through Vedic speech (ṛc-hymns) and disciplined praise, showing that devotion is strengthened when grounded in sacred tradition and shared practice.

Vaiśampāyana narrates that their revered teacher, along with the group, proceeds onward and then offers a formal Vedic eulogy—using hymns derived from all four Vedas—to praise Nārāyaṇa.