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Shloka 142

तैजसी महती दीप्ता देवेभ्यो5स्य शिवा तनु: । भास्वती मानुषेष्वस्य तनुर्घोराग्निरुच्यते,उनका जो शिव शरीर है, वह तेजोमय और परम कान्तिमान्‌ है। वह देवताओंके उपयोगमें आता है तथा मनुष्यलोकमें उनका प्रकाशमान घोर शरीर “अग्नि' कहलाता है

taijasī mahatī dīptā devebhyo ’sya śivā tanuḥ | bhāsvatī mānuṣeṣv asya tanur ghorāgnir ucyate ||

Vyāsa sprach: Seine glückverheißende Gestalt, die in ungeheurem feurigen Glanz erstrahlt, ist für die Götter. Unter den Menschen jedoch wird seine strahlende und furchtbare Gestalt „Agni“ (Feuer) genannt. Die Stelle betont, dass dieselbe göttliche Wirklichkeit je nach Sphäre und nach dem Fassungsvermögen der Schauenden verschieden erscheint—hier wohltätig und verehrungswürdig, dort ehrfurchtgebietend und erschreckend.

तैजसीluminous, made of tejas
तैजसी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतैजस
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
महतीgreat, vast
महती:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दीप्ताblazing, shining
दीप्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदीप्त
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
देवेभ्यःto/for the gods
देवेभ्यः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Dative, Plural
अस्यof him/this (his)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
शिवाauspicious, benign
शिवा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तनुःbody, form
तनुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतनु
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भास्वतीradiant, shining
भास्वती:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभास्वत्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मानुषेषुamong humans / in the human world
मानुषेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
अस्यof him/this (his)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
तनुःbody, form
तनुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतनु
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
घोरterrible, fierce
घोर:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अग्निःfire (Agni)
अग्निः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis called / is said
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
A
Agni (Fire/Fire-deity)
D
Devas (gods)
H
Humans (mānuṣa)

Educational Q&A

A single divine power can manifest in different modes according to the realm and the observer: among the gods it is experienced as an auspicious, intensely radiant form, while in the human sphere the same radiance is apprehended as the formidable power of Fire (Agni). This frames divinity as context-sensitive—both beneficent and terrifying—without contradiction.

Vyāsa is describing the nature of a being’s (or principle’s) manifested body/form: its ‘śiva’ (auspicious) blazing form pertains to the gods, whereas its radiant, dreadful form in the human world is identified as Agni. The narration functions as an explanatory aside, clarifying how the same essence is named and encountered differently across worlds.