Shloka 135

Devanagari script

भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च सर्व जगदशेषत: । भव एव ततो यस्माद्‌ भूतभव्यभवोद्धव:,भूत, वर्तमान और भविष्य सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌ भगवान्‌ शंकरसे ही विस्तारको प्राप्त हुआ है; इसलिये वे 'भूतभव्यभवोद्धव” कहे गये हैं

Transliteration

bhūtaṁ bhavyaṁ bhaviṣyaṁ ca sarva jagad aśeṣataḥ | bhava eva tato yasmād bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: Das ganze Universum in all seinen Aspekten—Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft—ist allein aus Bhava (Śiva/Śaṅkara) hervorgegangen und hat sich aus ihm ausgebreitet. Darum preist man ihn mit dem Beinamen „Bhūta-bhavya-bhavodbhava“, den Ursprung, aus dem Vergangenes, Gegenwärtiges und Zukünftiges hervorgeht.

Word by Word

भूतम्the past (that which has been)

भव्यम्the future/what is to be

भविष्यम्the future (what will be)

चand

सर्वम्all, entire

जगत्world, universe

अशेषतःentirely, without remainder

भवःBhava (Śiva)

एवindeed, alone

ततःtherefore, from that

यस्मात्from whom/because of whom

भूत-भव्य-भव-उद्भवःthe source/origin of past, future, and present

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Bhava (Śiva/Śaṅkara)

the universe (jagat)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a Śaiva theological vision: Śiva (Bhava/Śaṅkara) is the ultimate source of time and existence—past, present, and future—and thus worthy of reverent praise through meaningful epithets.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is describing and glorifying Śiva by explaining the significance of a divine title: because the whole cosmos across all times proceeds from Bhava, he is called “Bhūta-bhavya-bhavodbhava.”