Shloka 45

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

इति शब्द: श्रुतो5स्माभि: शिक्षाक्षरसमन्वित: । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वायु: सर्वगन्धवह: शुचि:

Transliteration

iti śabdaḥ śruto 'smābhiḥ śikṣākṣara-samanvitaḥ | etasminn antare vāyuḥ sarva-gandha-vahaḥ śuciḥ, bhaktyā paramayā yuktair mano-vāk-karma-bhis tadā |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“于是，我们听见了一种声音——依循正当的发音法（śikṣā）与音节而成。就在那一瞬间，一阵清净之风，携带万般芬芳而至；随后，那些具至上虔敬之人，以心、以言、以行礼敬（主宰），并以那风所带来的天界之花与有用的灵药作为供奉。”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• शब्दः: sound/word
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुतः: heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, passive

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Plural

• शिक्षा-अक्षर-समन्वितः: endowed with phonetics (śikṣā) and syllables/letters
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समन्वित
• Form: kta (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तरे: in the interval/meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-गन्ध-वहः: carrying all fragrances
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वह
• Form: aṇ (agentive, -vaha), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमया: supreme/very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्तैः: endowed/engaged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: kta (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मनः-वाक्-कर्मभिः: by mind, speech, and deeds
• मनः-वाक्-कर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्/वाच्/कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• vāyu (wind/breeze)
• śabda (sacred utterance)
• śikṣā (phonetic discipline)
• akṣara (syllables/letters)
• divya-puṣpa (divine flowers, implied by the prose gloss)
• oṣadhi (medicinal herbs, implied by the prose gloss)
• Śrīhari (implied by the prose gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes disciplined sacred utterance (śikṣā and akṣara) and complete devotion expressed through the threefold instrument—mind, speech, and action—showing that inner intention and outward conduct must align in worship.

What is happening in the narrative?

After a correctly formed utterance is heard, an auspicious, fragrant wind arrives; devotees then perform worship using the flowers and herbs brought by that breeze, indicating divine approval and a sanctified ritual setting.