Shloka 21
Adhyāya 348: Nāga–Nīgabhāryā Saṃvāda on Anger, Hope, and Ethical Response
त॑ लोकसाक्षिणमजं पुरुष॑ पुराणं रविवर्णमीश्वरं गतिं बहुश: । प्रणमध्वमेकमनसो यतः सलिलोद्धवो5पि तमृषिं प्रणत:
taṁ lokasākṣiṇam ajaṁ puruṣaṁ purāṇaṁ ravivarṇam īśvaraṁ gatiṁ bahuśaḥ | praṇamadhvam ekamanaso yataḥ saliloddhavo ’pi tam ṛṣiṁ praṇataḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：“当以一心再三顶礼那不生的、太古之人（Puruṣa）——如日光辉的自在主；他是世间的见证者，也是至上的归依处。即便那从水中出现的圣仙，也曾向他俯首礼敬。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Single-minded devotion and repeated reverence are directed to the Supreme Lord—unborn, primordial, and radiant—who stands as the world’s witness and the highest refuge; even exalted sages acknowledge His supremacy by bowing to Him.
Vaiśampāyana urges the listeners to offer repeated salutations with concentrated minds to the supreme divine principle, emphasizing that this reverence is validated by the example of a venerable ‘water-born’ sage who has also bowed to that Lord.