Shloka 9

Devanagari script

कृत्वा पौर्वाल्निकं कृत्यं स्‍्नात: शुचिरलंकृत: । उपतस्थे विवस्वन्तं पावकं च जनार्दन:

Transliteration

kṛtvā paurvāhṇikaṃ kṛtyaṃ snātaḥ śucir alaṅkṛtaḥ | upatasthe vivasvantaṃ pāvakaṃ ca janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

完成清晨所规定的仪礼之后，又沐浴洁净、衣饰端整——阇那尔达那（奎师那）恭敬礼拜毗婆斯梵（太阳神）与婆婆迦（火神）。

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (त्वान्त)

• पौर्वाह्णिकम्: morning (rite/duty)
• पौर्वाह्णिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौर्वाह्णिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्यम्: duty, prescribed act
• कृत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्नातः: bathed
• स्नातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure, clean
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अलंकृतः: adorned, decorated
• अलंकृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अलंकृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपतस्थे: he attended upon / worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), Third, Singular

• विवस्वन्तम्: Vivasvat (the Sun)
• विवस्वन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पावकम्: Pāvaka (Fire)
• पावकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Krishna/Vishnu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vivasvān (Sun)
• Pāvaka (Agni/Fire)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline: one should begin important undertakings only after completing prescribed daily duties, maintaining bodily and ritual purity, and honoring sustaining cosmic powers (Sun and Fire). Right action is grounded in orderly conduct and reverence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa), after finishing his morning observances and bathing, performs worship to the Sun (Vivasvān) and Fire (Pāvaka), indicating his readiness and propriety before proceeding with the day’s consequential affairs.