Shloka 95

Devanagari script

अथाश्येत्य ततो ब्रह्मा दृष्टवा स च महेश्वरम्‌

Transliteration

athāśyetya tato brahmā dṛṣṭvā sa ca maheśvaram

Translation

Darauf trat Brahmā heran und, als er Maheśvara (Śiva) erblickt hatte, handelte er dementsprechend—ein Augenblick, in dem die kosmische Ordnung durch die ehrfürchtige Begegnung mit dem höchsten Herrn anerkannt wird.

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आश्य: having sat
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• इत्य: thus (quotative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ततः: thereupon/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the highest cosmic functionary (Brahmā) acknowledges a higher sovereignty in Maheśvara; ethical order (dharma) is grounded in reverence for the supreme principle beyond mere power or office.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa narrates that Brahmā approaches and beholds Maheśvara, indicating a pivotal divine meeting that frames subsequent events as sanctioned or oriented by a higher cosmic authority.