Shloka 38

Devanagari script

युगादौ तव वार्ष्णेय नाभिपडझ्मादजायत । ब्रह्मा चराचरगुरुर्यस्येदे सकल॑ जगत्‌,वार्ष्णेय! सृष्टिके प्रारम्भकालमें आपके नाभि-कमलसे चराचरगुरु ब्रह्मा उत्पन्न हुए, जिनका रचा हुआ यह सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌ है

Transliteration

yugādau tava vārṣṇeya nābhi-padsmād ajāyata | brahmā carācara-gurur yasyedaṁ sakalaṁ jagat ||

Translation

阿周那说道：“噢，瓦尔什涅亚！在劫初之时，从你脐间的莲华诞生了梵天（Brahmā），他是诸动与不动众生之师。此一切宇宙，皆为那梵天所造。”

Word by Word

• युगादौ: at the beginning of the age
• युगादौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग-आदि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• वार्ष्णेय: O Vārṣṇeya (descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नाभि: from (your) navel
• नाभि: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• पद्मात्: from the lotus
• पद्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अजायत: was born/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (ब्रह्मा)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चराचरगुरुः: the teacher/lord of the moving and unmoving (beings)
• चराचरगुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर-अचर-गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सकलम्: entire/whole
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जगत्: world/universe
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya)
• Brahmā
• nābhi-padma (navel-lotus)
• jagat (universe)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms Kṛṣṇa’s cosmic primacy: even Brahmā, the creator of the manifested universe, is said to arise from Kṛṣṇa. Ethically, it supports reverence and surrender to the highest divine source behind all beings and order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses Kṛṣṇa as Vārṣṇeya and praises Him by recalling a cosmogonic motif: Brahmā, teacher of all creatures, is born from Kṛṣṇa’s navel-lotus, and the world is Brahmā’s creation.