Shloka 12

पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings

Devanagari script

व्यवसायेन लोकांस्त्रीन्‌ सर्वान्‌ सो5थ विचिन्तयन्‌ । आस्थितो दीर्घमध्वानं पावकार्कसमप्रभ:

Transliteration

vyavasāyena lokāṁs trīn sarvān so 'tha vicintayan | āsthito dīrgham adhvānaṁ pāvakārka-samaprabhaḥ ||

Translation

Với trí tuệ kiên quyết và dứt khoát, ngài quán chiếu trọn ba cõi như chính Tự Ngã của mình. Rồi ngài lên đường đi xa mãi về phía trước; hào quang ngài rực sáng như lửa và mặt trời.

Word by Word

• व्यवसायेन: by determination/resolve
• व्यवसायेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवसाय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्रीन्: three
• त्रीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• अथ: then/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• विचिन्तयन्: reflecting/considering
• विचिन्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चिन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• आस्थितः: having set out/undertaken
• आस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle; used predicatively)

• दीर्घम्: long
• दीर्घम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अध्वानम्: journey/road
• अध्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पावक-अर्क-सम-प्रभः: whose radiance was like fire and the sun
• पावक-अर्क-सम-प्रभः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावक + अर्क + सम + प्रभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śuka
• three worlds (trailokya)
• sun (arka)
• fire (pāvaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady, decisive insight (vyavasāya) enables one to see the entire triad of worlds through the lens of the Self—reducing attachment and fear. Such inner clarity naturally expresses itself as forward movement on the path, accompanied by the ‘radiance’ of realized discipline and purity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śuka, described as possessing firm resolve, contemplates the three worlds and then proceeds on a long onward course. His brilliance is compared to fire and the sun, marking him as spiritually potent and unwavering as he advances.