Text 24

Sloka 24

Devanagari

Dévanágarí

प्रणम्य दण्डवद्भूमावुपतस्थेऽर्हणाञ्जलि: ।
वृषहंससुपर्णस्थान् स्वै: स्वैश्चिह्नैश्च चिह्नितान् ॥ २४ ॥

Text

Verš

praṇamya daṇḍavad bhūmāv
upatasthe ’rhaṇāñjaliḥ
vṛṣa-haṁsa-suparṇa-sthān
svaiḥ svaiś cihnaiś ca cihnitān

Synonyms

Synonyma

praṇamya — offering obeisances; daṇḍa-vat — like a rod; bhūmau — ground; upatasthe — fell down; arhaṇa — all paraphernalia for worship; añjaliḥ — folded hands; vṛṣa — bull; haṁsa — swan; suparṇa — the Garuḍa bird; sthān — situated; svaiḥ — own; svaiḥ — own; cihnaiḥ — by symbols; ca — and; cihnitān — being recognized.

praṇamya — poklonil se; daṇḍa-vat — jako tyč; bhūmau — k zemi; upatasthe — padl; arhaṇa — vše potřebné pro uctívání; añjaliḥ — se sepjatýma rukama; vṛṣa — býk; haṁsa — labuť; suparṇa — pták Garuḍa; sthān — seděla; svaiḥ — svých; svaiḥ — svých; cihnaiḥ — podle symbolů; ca — a; cihnitān — rozeznaná.

Translation

Překlad

Thereafter he began to offer prayers to the three deities, who were seated on different carriers — a bull, a swan and Garuḍa — and who held in their hands a drum, kuśa grass and a discus. The sage offered them his respects by falling down like a stick.

Poté se začal modlit ke třem božstvům, která seděla na různých zvířatech — na býku, labuti a ptáku Garudovi — a v rukách držela bubínek, trávu kuśa a disk. Mudrc jim projevil svoji úctu tím, že padl na zem jako tyč.

Purport

Význam

Daṇḍa means “a long rod,” and vat means “like.” Before a superior, one has to fall down on the ground just like a stick, and this sort of offering of respect is called daṇḍavat. Atri Ṛṣi offered his respect to the three deities in that way. They were identified by their different carriers and different symbolic representations. In that connection it is stated here that Lord Viṣṇu was sitting on Garuḍa, a big aquiline bird, and was carrying in His hand a disc, Brahmā was sitting on a swan and had in his hand kuśa grass, and Lord Śiva was sitting on a bull and carrying in his hand a small drum called a ḍamaru. Atri Ṛṣi recognized them by their symbolic representations and different carriers, and thus he offered them prayers and respects.

Daṇḍa znamená “dlouhá tyč” a vat znamená “jako”. Před výše postavenou osobou je třeba padnout na zem jako tyč. Tomuto projevu úcty se říká daṇḍavat, a Atri Ṛṣi takto projevil svou úctu třem božstvům. Božstva bylo možno rozeznat podle zvířat, která je nesla, a také podle příslušných symbolů. Pán Viṣṇu seděl na obrovském orlu Garuḍovi a v ruce měl disk, Brahmā seděl na labuti a v ruce měl trávu kuśa a Pán Śiva seděl na býku a v ruce měl bubínek ḍamaru. Když je Atri Ṛṣi rozeznal podle jejich symbolů a zvířat, která je nesla, vzdal jim patřičnou úctu a pronesl své modlitby.