Shloka 117

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

ततः प्रकृतिमापन्ना देवा लोकास्त्वथर्षय: । तुष्टवुर्वाग्भिरग्रयाभि: स्थाणुमप्रतिमौजसम्‌,तब समस्त देवता, महर्षि तथा तीनों लोकोंके प्राणी स्वस्थ हो गये। सबने श्रेष्ठ वचनोंद्वारा अप्रतिम शक्तिशाली महादेवजीका स्तवन किया

Transliteration

tataḥ prakṛtim āpannā devā lokās tv atharṣayaḥ | tuṣṭuvur vāgbhir agryābhiḥ sthāṇum apratimaujasam ||

Translation

Then the gods, the worlds, and the seers returned to their natural, settled state. With choicest words they praised Sthāṇu—Mahādeva of incomparable power—so that the cosmos, shaken by fear and disorder, regained steadiness through reverence and right speech.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रकृतिम्natural state, normal condition

आपन्नाःhaving attained, having returned to

देवाःthe gods

लोकाःthe worlds

तुand, indeed, but

अथthen, now

ऋषयःthe sages

तुष्टुवुःthey praised

वाग्भिःwith words, by speech

अग्रयाभिःwith excellent (words)

स्थाणुम्Sthāṇu (Śiva)

अप्रतिमौजसम्of incomparable might

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

प

पितामह (Bhīṣma, as speaker)

द

देवाः (gods)

ल

लोकाः (the worlds/three worlds)

ऋ

ऋषयः (seers)

स

स्थाणु (Śiva/Mahādeva)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes