Shloka 70

Devanagari script

वरदं पृथुचार्वड्र्या पार्वत्या सहित प्रभुम्‌ । क्रीडमानं महात्मानं भूतसड्डघगणैर्वृतम्‌

Transliteration

varadaṃ pṛthucārv-aḍryā pārvatyā sahitaṃ prabhum | krīḍamānaṃ mahātmānaṃ bhūta-saṅgha-gaṇair vṛtam ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: Er erblickte den Herrn — den Spender der Gaben — zusammen mit Pārvatī auf dem weiten, schönen Berg, spielend in göttlicher Freiheit; jenen Großgesinnten umgaben Scharen und Gruppen von Bhūtas.

Word by Word

वरदम्boon-giving

पृथुचार्वड्र्याम्with (his) broad and beautiful mountain(-daughter) (i.e., Pārvatī)

पार्वत्याwith Pārvatī

सहितम्accompanied (by)

प्रभुम्the Lord

क्रीडमानम्sporting/playing

महात्मानम्the great-souled one

भूतसद्घगणैःby hosts of beings (attendants)

वृतम्surrounded

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Pārvatī

Prabhu (Śiva implied)

Bhūta-gaṇas (attendant hosts)

Mountain (adri)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the Lord as varada (giver of boons) and depicts his auspicious companionship with Pārvatī and his attendants. Ethically, it suggests that divine grace and devotion remain accessible and stabilizing even when the surrounding narrative is dominated by conflict and uncertainty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa describes a vision/scene of the Lord (implicitly Śiva) on a broad, beautiful mountain, accompanied by Pārvatī, engaged in sportive divine activity, and surrounded by hosts of bhūtas and gaṇas—an image of sovereign power and auspiciousness.