Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एकान्तिनां च का चर्या कदा चोत्पादिता विभो | एतन्मे संशयं छिन्धि परं॑ कौतूहलं हि मे,भगवन! इस भक्तिरूप धर्मका किस देवता अथवा ऋषिने उपदेश किया है? अनन्य भक्तोंकी जीवनचर्या क्या है? और वह कबसे प्रचलित हुई? मेरे इस संशयका निवारण कीजिये। इस विषयको सुननेके लिये मेरे मनमें बड़ी उत्कण्ठा हो रही है

Transliteration

ekāntināṃ ca kā caryā kadā cotpāditā vibho | etan me saṃśayaṃ chindhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me, bhagavan |

Translation

جنمیجیہ نے کہا— “اے صاحبِ قدرت! یکسو (ایکانت) بھکتوں کی آچار-چریا کیا ہے؟ اور یہ راہ کب پیدا ہو کر قائم ہوئی؟ بھگون! میرا یہ شک کاٹ دیجیے؛ اس باب میں میرا تجسّس نہایت گہرا ہے۔”

Word by Word

• {'ekāntinām': 'of the single-minded

• those devoted exclusively to one goal/deity', 'caryā': 'conduct

• way of life', 'kadā': 'when

• from what time', 'utpāditā': 'brought forth

• instituted', 'vibho': 'O mighty one

• O all-pervading lord (honorific address)', 'etat': 'this (matter)', 'me': 'my

• of me', 'saṃśayam': 'doubt

• uncertainty', 'chindhi': 'cut

• resolve (imperative)', 'param': 'great

• intense', 'kautūhalam': 'curiosity

• eager interest', 'hi': 'indeed

• for', 'bhagavan': 'O venerable one

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames bhakti as a dharmic path with a distinct discipline (caryā) and invites an authoritative explanation of its origin and norms, emphasizing that devotion is not merely emotion but a regulated way of life grounded in tradition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janamejaya, eager to understand the tradition of exclusive devotion, asks the revered speaker to explain how such devotees live and when this devotional dharma began, requesting a clear resolution of his doubt.