Shloka 24

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

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

अयोनीन ग्नियोनींश्र ब्रह्मयोनींस्तथैव च । सर्वभूतात्मयोनींश्व॒ तान्‌ नमस्याम्यहं सदा

Transliteration

ayonīn agniyonīṁś ca brahmayonīṁs tathaiva ca | sarvabhūtātmayonīṁś ca tān namasyāmy ahaṁ sadā ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“我恒常礼敬那些不由胎生者（自生者），礼敬以圣火为源者，礼敬出自梵者，亦礼敬以一切众生之自性为本源者——他们认知至上之我（最高自性）为万有之究竟因。”

Word by Word

• अयोनीन्: those who are without women (celibate)
• अयोनीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयोनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अग्नियोनीन्: those whose source/line is fire; connected with Agni (agnihotra)
• अग्नियोनीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नियोनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्रह्मयोनीन्: those whose source is Brahman/Veda; Veda-based
• ब्रह्मयोनीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मयोनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• सर्वभूतात्मयोनीन्: those who regard the Supreme Self of all beings as the source/cause (of all)
• सर्वभूतात्मयोनीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-भूत-आत्म-योनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Agni
• Brahman
• Atman (Self of all beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches continual reverence toward exalted beings and realized sages, described through their spiritual “origins” (ayonī, agni-yonī, brahma-yonī, sarvabhūtātma-yonī), culminating in the insight that the Supreme Self is the ultimate source of all.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is speaking in praise, offering salutations to various classes of venerable beings/ascetics and to those grounded in Vedic discipline and higher realization, framing them as worthy of constant homage.