Shloka 40

Devanagari script

सर्वलोकस्य तेजांसि दृष्टवैकस्थानि मारिष । युक्त निवेदयामासुर्देवास्तस्मै महात्मने,मान्यवर! वह रथ क्या था, सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌के तेजका पुंज एकत्र हो गया था। उसे निर्मित हुआ देख सम्पूर्ण देवता आश्वर्यचकित हो उठे। फिर उन्होंने महात्मा महादेवजीसे यह निवेदन किया कि रथ तैयार है

Transliteration

sarvalokasya tejāṁsi dṛṣṭvaiksthāni māriṣa | yuktaṁ nivedayāmāsur devās tasmai mahātmane ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “O venerable one, seeing the splendors of the entire world gathered together in one place, the gods were struck with wonder. Then they respectfully informed that great-souled one (Mahādeva): ‘The chariot is ready.’”

Word by Word

सर्वलोकस्यof the entire world

तेजांसिsplendors, radiances

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

एकस्थानिgathered in one place

मारिषO venerable one

युक्तम्yoked, made ready

निवेदयामासुःthey reported, they informed

देवाःthe gods

तस्मैto him

महात्मनेto the great-souled one

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

the gods (devāḥ)

Mahādeva (implied by context: mahātmā)

the chariot (ratha, implied by context)

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 extraordinary power (tejas) evokes reverence even among the gods, and it underscores the ethic of proper, respectful communication (nivedana) toward a superior being—power is to be approached with humility and order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana narrates that the gods, amazed at a chariot whose construction seemed to concentrate the radiance of the whole world, approach the great-souled Mahādeva and formally report that the chariot has been prepared.