Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तेनैकाग्रमनस्त्वेन प्रीतो भवति वै हरि: । या5भवन्मुनिशार्दूल भा: सूर्यस्य युगक्षये

Transliteration

tenaikāgramanastvena prīto bhavati vai hariḥ | yābhavan muniśārdūla bhāḥ sūryasya yugakṣaye

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Durch diese Einspitzigkeit des Geistes wird Hari (Viṣṇu) wahrlich erfreut. O Tiger unter den Weisen, so erhob sich ein Glanz—wie die Sonnenpracht am Ende eines Zeitalters—ein Zeichen der überwältigenden geistigen Kraft, die aus konzentrierter Hingabe hervorgeht.“

Word by Word

• तेन: by that; thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एकाग्र-मनस्-त्वेन: by the state of one-pointed mind; with concentrated-mindedness
• एकाग्र-मनस्-त्वेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकाग्र + मनस् + त्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रीतः: pleased; satisfied
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (धातु) → प्रीत (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as; just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अभवत्: became; was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

• मुनि-शार्दूल: O tiger among sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + शार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भाः: splendours; rays; lights
• भाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भा (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक) / भास् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सूर्यस्य: of the sun
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• युग-क्षये: at the end of an age (yuga); at the yuga's dissolution
• युग-क्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Sūrya (the Sun)
• Muniśārdūla (addressed sage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-pointed concentration of mind (ekāgratā) in devotion leads to the Lord’s pleasure and grace; inner focus is presented as a direct ethical-spiritual discipline that yields transformative power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues instructing a sage-like listener, explaining that concentrated devotion pleases Hari, and he illustrates the resulting spiritual manifestation by comparing its splendour to the sun’s overwhelming radiance at the end of a yuga.