Shloka 206

Devanagari script

यक्षराक्षसगन्धर्वनरकिन्नरपन्नगै: । 'ये दोनों पुरातन ऋषिश्रेष्ठ नर-नारायण सम्पूर्ण देवताओं, असुरों, यक्षों, राक्षसों, गन्धर्वों, मनुष्यों, किन्नरों तथा नागोंके लिये भी परम पूजनीय हैं

Transliteration

yakṣarākṣasagandharvanarakinnarapannagaiḥ |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“即便在夜叉、罗刹、乾闼婆、人类、紧那罗与那伽之中，那两位古老而最尊的仙圣——那罗与那罗延——也被奉为至上可敬。此段彰显一种道德的远见：真正的灵性卓越，能令一切众生的阶序皆生敬仰，而非仅限于某一族群或某一界域。”

Word by Word

• यक्ष: by/with Yakshas
• यक्ष: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• राक्षस: by/with Rakshasas
• राक्षस: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गन्धर्व: by/with Gandharvas
• गन्धर्व: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नर: by/with men
• नर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• किन्नर: by/with Kinnaras
• किन्नर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पन्नगैः: by/with serpents (Nagas)
• पन्नगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Gandharvas
• Humans (Naras)
• Kinnaras
• Pannagas/Nāgas
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual greatness grounded in dharma is universally recognizable: the highest sages deserve reverence from all beings, regardless of species, status, or realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing the extraordinary stature of the twin sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa, emphasizing that even powerful non-human classes of beings honor them as supremely venerable.