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Shloka 49

अपां च पतये नित्यं देवानां पतये नमः । पूष्णो दन्‍तविनाशाय त्र्यक्षाय वरदाय च

apāṃ ca pataye nityaṃ devānāṃ pataye namaḥ | pūṣṇo dantavināśāya tryakṣāya varadāya ca

Vyāsa sprach: „Immerdar verneige ich mich vor dem Herrn der Wasser und vor dem Herrn der Götter. Auch verneige ich mich vor dem, der Pūṣans Zähne zerbrechen ließ, und vor dem Dreiaugigen Herrn, dem Spender der Gaben.“ Inmitten schwerer Ereignisse wendet sich die Erzählung zur ehrfürchtigen Anrufung: Sie erinnert an göttliche Mächte, die die kosmische Ordnung lenken, Unrecht züchtigen und Schutz gewähren—und rahmt so den sich entfaltenden Krieg in ein moralisches Universum ein, das von höherem Gesetz überwacht wird.

अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पतयेto the lord
पतये:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपति
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
पतयेto the lord
पतये:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपति
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
नमःsalutation
नमः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस्
पूष्णःof Pūṣan
पूष्णः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपूषन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
दन्तविनाशायfor the destruction of (his) teeth
दन्तविनाशाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदन्त-विनाश
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
त्र्यक्षायto the three-eyed one
त्र्यक्षाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootत्र्यक्ष
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
वरदायto the boon-giver
वरदाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootवरद
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

व्यास उवाच

A
Apāṃ pati (Lord of Waters)
D
Devānāṃ pati (Lord of the gods)
P
Pūṣan
T
Tryakṣa (Śiva)
V
Varada (boon-giver epithet)

Educational Q&A

The verse models dhārmic orientation through remembrance and salutation to divine powers: the cosmic rulers who sustain order (lords of waters and gods), who restrain excess through chastisement (Pūṣan linked with ‘tooth-breaking’), and who grant grace and protection (the three-eyed boon-giver). It suggests that even amid violence, one should anchor action and understanding in reverence for higher moral governance.

The speaker Vyāsa inserts an invocation—saluting multiple deities and epithets—before or amid the account of intense events in the Drona Parva. Such invocatory lines function as a solemn framing device, seeking auspiciousness and emphasizing that the war’s outcomes unfold under divine oversight.