Shloka 76

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

अवादयतू तत्र वीणां मध्ये विश्वावसु: स्वयम्‌ । सर्वभूतान्यमन्यन्त मम वादयतीत्ययम्‌

Transliteration

avādayatū tatra vīṇāṃ madhye viśvāvasuḥ svayam | sarvabhūtāny amanyanta mama vādayatīty ayam ||

Translation

伐由说道：“在那里，毗湿婆婆苏亲坐中央，拨奏维那琴。琴音一响，众生各自心想：‘他只为我而奏。’”

Word by Word

• अवादयत्: played (caused to sound)
• अवादयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वादय् (णिच्) < वद्/वाद्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• उ: indeed/and (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• वीणाम्: the vīṇā (lute)
• वीणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीणा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• विश्वावसु: Viśvāvasu (a Gandharva)
• विश्वावसु: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वावसु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• सर्वभूतानि: all beings
• सर्वभूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• अमन्यन्त: thought/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, plural, आत्मनेपद

• मम: for me / of me
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: 1, genitive, singular

• वादयति: plays (is playing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वादय् (णिच्) < वद्/वाद्
• Form: लट् (Present), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus/that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अयम्: this (person)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Viśvāvasu
• vīṇā
• sarvabhūtāni (all beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary, harmonizing beauty can feel personally addressed to each listener, illustrating the power of perception and the unifying, elevating effect of refined art within the cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu describes a wondrous scene where the Gandharva Viśvāvasu sits at the center and plays the vīṇā; the music is so captivating that every being believes it is being performed specifically for them.