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Shloka 128

एकाक्षो जाज्वतन्नास्ते सर्वतो$क्षिमयो5पि वा । क्रोधाद्‌ यश्चाविशल्लोकांस्तस्मात्‌ सर्व इति स्मृत:,यद्यपि उनके सब ओर नेत्र हैं, तथापि उनका एक विलक्षण अग्निमय नेत्र अलग भी है, जो सदा क्रोधसे प्रज्वलित रहता है; वे सब लोकोंमें समाविष्ट होनेके कारण 'सर्व” कहे गये हैं

ekākṣo jājvatann āste sarvato 'kṣimayo 'pi vā | krodhād yaś cāviśal lokāṁs tasmāt sarva iti smṛtaḥ ||

Vyāsa sprach: Obwohl er Augen nach allen Seiten besitzt — ja, als bestünde er aus Augen — gibt es doch auch ein einziges, außergewöhnliches, feuriges Auge, das für sich steht und immerzu im Zorn lodert. Und weil er alle Welten durchdringt und in sie eingeht, wird er mit dem Namen „Sarva“, das All, erinnert.

एकाक्षःone-eyed / having a single eye
एकाक्षः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएकाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जाज्वतन्blazing, flaming
जाज्वतन्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजाज्वत् (कृदन्त, √ज्वल्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आस्तेsits / remains / abides
आस्ते:
TypeVerb
Root√आस्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
सर्वतःon all sides, everywhere
सर्वतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वतः (अव्यय)
अक्षिमयःconsisting of eyes / made of eyes
अक्षिमयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षिमय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven, although
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
क्रोधात्from anger, due to wrath
क्रोधात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
अविशत्entered, pervaded
अविशत्:
TypeVerb
Root√विश्
FormImperfect (Past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
लोकान्worlds
लोकान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तस्मात्therefore, from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
सर्वःthe All / (he who is) all
सर्वः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
स्मृतःis called / is remembered as
स्मृतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्मृत (कृदन्त, √स्मृ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
S
Sarva (epithet, commonly of Śiva/Rudra)
L
lokāḥ (the worlds)

Educational Q&A

The verse links a divine name to a defining attribute: the deity is called “Sarva” because he pervades all worlds, while the separate blazing eye symbolizes concentrated, wrathful power—suggesting that omnipresence and destructive force can coexist within a single cosmic principle.

Vyāsa is describing a formidable divine presence characterized by all-seeing pervasion and a distinct fiery eye burning with anger, explaining why this being is known as “Sarva,” the one who is present within all realms.