Shloka 68

Devanagari script

त्वदृते देवदेवेश नान्य: शक्त: कथंचन

Transliteration

tvadṛte devadeveśa nānyaḥ śaktaḥ kathaṃcana

Translation

Vyāsa said: “Apart from you, O Lord of lords, there is no one at all who is capable—under any circumstance.”

Word by Word

• त्वदृते: except you / without you
• त्वदृते: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वद् + ऋते
• Form: Avyaya (prepositional adverbial: 'except/without' governing ablative sense)

• देवदेवेश: O Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेश: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव-ईश
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Negation particle (avyaya)

• अन्यः: another (anyone else)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• शक्तः: able / capable
• शक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (agreeing with अन्यः)

• कथंचन: in any way at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् + चन
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic/indefinite adverb: 'in any way/at all')

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Devadeveśa (Supreme Lord)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts divine supremacy and human limitation: true capability and successful action ultimately depend on the Supreme Lord, encouraging humility and devotional reliance rather than pride in personal power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses the Supreme Lord with a declaration of exclusive capability, emphasizing that no other being can accomplish the intended outcome without the Lord’s power—framing the surrounding events as governed by divine agency rather than merely human effort.