Shloka 26

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

जगत्स्रष्टमना देवो हरिनारायण: स्वयम्‌ | चिन्तयामास पुरुष॑ जगत्सर्गकरं प्रभुम्‌

Transliteration

jagat-sraṣṭa-manā devo hari-nārāyaṇaḥ svayam | cintayāmāsa puruṣaṁ jagat-sarga-karaṁ prabhum, sākṣāt bhagavān nārāyaṇaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Chính thần Hari–Nārāyaṇa, với ý chí muốn tạo dựng thế gian, đã trầm tư quán tưởng một Đấng Tối Thượng—một Purusha, bậc Chúa tể toàn năng có thể trực tiếp làm cho vũ trụ phát xuất. Đoạn này đặt việc sáng tạo không như ngẫu nhiên, mà như một hành vi có chủ ý, tối thượng, đặt nền trên ý chí và năng lực thần linh.

Word by Word

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्रष्टुम्: to create
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• मनाः: one whose mind (is set on)
• मनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरि-नारायणः: Hari and Narayana (as one epithet)
• हरि-नारायणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• चिन्तयामास: he contemplated/pondered
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरुषम्: a person (cosmic being)
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जगत्-सर्ग-करम्: the maker of the world's creation
• जगत्-सर्ग-करम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् + सर्ग + कर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभुम्: the lord
• प्रभुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Hari
• Nārāyaṇa
• Puruṣa (cosmic person)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation is presented as a purposeful, conscious act: Nārāyaṇa, as supreme Lord, wills and conceives the agency of cosmic creation, emphasizing divine sovereignty and intentional order rather than randomness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Hari-Nārāyaṇa, desiring to create the universe, turns His mind toward (contemplates) a supreme Puruṣa—an empowered Lord capable of bringing forth the world’s creation.