Shloka 5
Nāga–Nāgabhāryā Saṃvāda: Varṇa-Dharma, Gṛhastha-Discipline, and Mokṣa-Self-Inquiry
Mahābhārata 12.347
ततस्तद्धावितो नित्यं यजे वैकुण्ठमव्ययम् । तस्माच्च प्रसृत:ः पूर्व ब्रह्मा लोकपितामह:
tatastaddhāvito nityaṁ yaje vaikuṇṭham avyayam | tasmācca prasṛtaḥ pūrvaṁ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ||
پھر اسی الہامی ترغیب سے ہمیشہ متحرک ہو کر میں روزانہ اَویَی (ناقابلِ زوال) ویکُنٹھ کی عبادت کرتا ہوں۔ اور آغازِ آفرینش میں اسی سے لوک پِتامہہ، یعنی برہما، صادر ہوئے۔
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms the imperishability and supremacy of Vaikuṇṭha (Viṣṇu) as the ultimate object of worship, and presents a theistic cosmology in which Brahmā, the world-progenitor, proceeds from that Supreme source—grounding devotion in a hierarchy of origins.
Nārada speaks in the first person, describing his continual worship of Vaikuṇṭha and stating a cosmogonic point: at the beginning, Brahmā—called the grandsire of the worlds—emanated from Vaikuṇṭha.