Shloka 113

Devanagari script

सेन्द्रादिषु च देवेषु तस्य चैश्वर्यमुच्यते,इन्द्र आदि देवताओंमें उन्हींका ऐश्वर्य बताया जाता है, वे ही ईश्वर होनेके कारण लोकमें मनुष्योंके शुभाशुभ कर्मोके फल देनेमें संलग्न रहते हैं। सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंके ईश्वर भी वे ही बताये जाते हैं

Transliteration

sendrādiṣu ca deveṣu tasya caiśvaryam ucyate |

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „Selbst unter den Göttern, an deren Spitze Indra steht, wird verkündet, dass Seine Herrschaft vorherrscht. Weil Er der Herr ist, wirkt Er in der Welt und teilt den Menschen die Früchte ihrer Taten zu—günstige wie ungünstige. Er allein wird auch als der Herr gelehrt, der die Erfüllung aller Wünsche gewährt.“

Word by Word

सin that

इन्द्रादिषुamong Indra and others

चand

देवेषुamong the gods

तस्यof him/its

चalso

ऐश्वर्यम्sovereignty, lordship, power

उच्यतेis said, is stated

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Indra

Devas (gods)

Īśvara (the Lord)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.