Shloka 99

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच पद्मयोनिवच: श्रुत्वा ततः प्रीतो महेश्वर: । प्रसादाभिमुखो भूत्वा अट्टहासमथाकरोत्‌,व्यासजी कहते हैं--पार्थ! ब्रह्माजीकी बात सुनकर भगवान्‌ महेश्वर प्रसन्न हो गये और कृपाके लिये उद्यत हो ठठाकर हँस पड़े

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | padmayoni-vacaḥ śrutvā tataḥ prīto maheśvaraḥ | prasādābhimukho bhūtvā aṭṭahāsam athākarot |

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „O Pārtha! Als Maheśvara die Worte des Padmayoni (Brahmā) vernommen hatte, wurde er erfreut. Dem Gewähren von Gnade zugewandt, brach er darauf in ein lautes, widerhallendes Lachen aus—ein glückverheißendes Zeichen, dass die göttliche Antwort sich sogleich entfalten werde.“

Word by Word

व्यासःVyasa

उवाचsaid

पद्मयोनिवचःthe words of the lotus-born (Brahma)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

ततःthen/thereupon

प्रीतःpleased

महेश्वरःMaheshvara (Shiva)

प्रसादाभिमुखःinclined to grant favor

भूत्वाhaving become

अट्टहासम्loud laughter

अथthen/and then

अकरोत्made/did (uttered)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Padmayoni (Brahmā)

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how sincere, authoritative speech (here, Brahmā’s words) can elicit divine favor: Śiva’s pleasure and his turning toward ‘prasāda’ signal that grace is not random but responds to rightful intention and cosmic propriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa narrates that after hearing Brahmā (Padmayoni), Śiva becomes pleased and, poised to grant a boon or favor, gives a loud laugh—often a dramatic marker that a decisive divine intervention or revelation is imminent.