Shloka 110

Devanagari script

ईदृशश्व महादेवो भूयांश्न भगवानज: । न हि सर्वे मया शक्‍्या वक्तुं भगवतो गुणा:

Transliteration

īdṛśaś ca mahādevo bhūyāṁś ca bhagavān ajaḥ | na hi sarve mayā śakyā vaktuṁ bhagavato guṇāḥ ||

Translation

قال فياسا: «هكذا حقًّا هو ماهاديفا—أعظم فأعظم، المبارك، غير المولود. فليس في وسعي أن أصف وصفًا تامًّا جميع صفات ذلك الربّ».

Word by Word

• ईदृशः: such, of this kind
• ईदृशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (the great god, Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूयान्: greater, more (in extent/degree)
• भूयान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजः: the unborn (one)
• अजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• शक्याः: possible (to be done/said)
• शक्याः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वक्तुम्: to speak, to describe
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• भगवतः: of the Lord
• भगवतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गुणाः: qualities, virtues
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Aja (the Unborn)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes devotional humility: even a great sage like Vyāsa admits the Lord’s virtues are beyond complete verbal description, highlighting the immeasurable nature of divine excellence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa, speaking within the Drona Parva context, offers a reverential characterization of Mahādeva (Śiva) as supremely exalted and unborn, and declares the inadequacy of human speech to enumerate all of the Lord’s qualities.