Shloka 16

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

सुव्रता मुनयो ये च ब्राह्मणा: सत्यसंगरा: । वोढारो हव्यकव्यानां तान्‌ नमस्यामि यादव

Transliteration

su-vratā munayo ye ca brāhmaṇāḥ satya-saṅgarāḥ | voḍhāro havya-kavyānāṃ tān namasyāmi yādava yadu-nandana ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“噢，雅陀婆啊，雅度族之欢喜者！我俯首礼敬那些婆罗门：坚守上等誓戒，沉思观照如牟尼；于真实与所立誓约中不动摇；并如法奉行哈维亚与卡维亚之供献（奉神之祭与奉祖之礼）。”

Word by Word

• सुव्रताः: of good vows / observing excellent vows
• सुव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सत्यसंगराः: firm in truth / having truth as their resolve
• सत्यसंगराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यसंगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वोढारः: bearers / performers (carriers)
• वोढारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वोढृ (प्रातिपदिक; कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हव्यकव्यानाम्: of the havya and kavya offerings
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यकव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नमस्यामि: I bow to / I salute
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस् (धातु: नम्)
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यादव: O Yādava
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यदुनन्दन: O delight of the Yadus
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदुनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Yadava (Krishna)
• Yadu-nandana (Krishna)
• Brahmanas
• Munis
• Havya offerings
• Kavya offerings

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Reverence is due to those who uphold dharma through disciplined vows, truthfulness, and faithful maintenance of sacred obligations—especially the rites that sustain the divine and ancestral order (havya and kavya).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Kṛṣṇa (as Yādava, Yadu-nandana) and offers praise and salutations to exemplary brāhmaṇas and sages, highlighting their ethical firmness and their role in sustaining ritual duties toward gods and ancestors.