Mahabharata 7.204.113 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 204, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

सेन्द्रादिषु च देवेषु तस्य चैश्वर्यमुच्यते

Transliteration

sendrādiṣu ca deveṣu tasya caiśvaryam ucyate |

Translation

ব্যাস বললেন—ইন্দ্র প্রভৃতি দেবগণের মধ্যেও তাঁরই ঐশ্বর্য সর্বত্র ঘোষিত। তিনিই ঈশ্বররূপে জগতে মানুষের শুভাশুভ কর্মের ফল প্রদান করেন। সকল কামনার সিদ্ধিদাতা ঈশ্বরও তিনিই বলে কথিত।

Word by Word

• स: in that
• स: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• इन्द्रादिषु: among Indra and others
• इन्द्रादिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रादि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ऐश्वर्यम्: sovereignty, lordship, power
• ऐश्वर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उच्यते: is said, is stated
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Indra
• Devas (gods)
• Īśvara (the Lord)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms a supreme Lord whose sovereignty surpasses even the gods like Indra, and who administers karma-phala—dispensing the results of human good and bad actions—while also being the ultimate fulfiller of desires.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is explaining a theological point within the discourse: the hierarchy of divine powers culminates in a single Īśvara, whose governance includes moral causality (reward and punishment through karma’s fruits) and the granting of worldly and spiritual aims.