Shloka 9

Devanagari script

भीष्य उवाच व्यवसायं तयोस्तत्र विदित्वा त्रिदशेश्वर: | सह देवैरुपययौ लोकपालैस्तथैव च,भीष्मजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! उन दोनोंका वहाँ ऐसा निश्चय जानकर सम्पूर्ण देवताओं तथा लोकपालोंके साथ देवराज इन्द्र उस स्थानपर आये। उनके साथ साध्यगण, विश्वेदेवषण और मरुद्गण भी थे। बड़े-बड़े वाद्य बज रहे थे। नदियाँ, पर्वत, समुद्र, नाना प्रकारके तीर्थ, तपस्या, संयोगविधि, वेद, स्तोभ (साम-गानकी पूर्तिके लिये बोले जानेवाले अक्षर हाई हावु इत्यादि), सरस्वती, नारद, पर्वत, विश्वावसु, हाहा, हूहू, परिवारसहित चित्रसेन गन्धर्व, नाग, सिद्ध, मुनि, देवाधिदेव प्रजापति ब्रह्मा, सहस्रों मस्तकवाले शेषनाग तथा अचिन्त्य देव भगवान्‌ विष्णु भी वहाँ पधारे। प्रभो! उस समय आकाशमें भेरियाँ और तुरही आदि बाजे बज रहे थे

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca vyavasāyaṁ tayos tatra viditvā tridaśeśvaraḥ | saha devair upayayau lokapālaiḥ tathaiva ca ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O King, learning of the firm resolve those two had formed there, Indra, lord of the Thirty-three gods, came to that place accompanied by the gods and likewise by the guardians of the worlds.”

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

व्यवसायम्resolve, determination

तयोःof those two

तत्रthere

विदित्वाhaving known

त्रिदशेश्वरःlord of the thirty (gods), Indra

सहtogether with

देवैःwith the gods

उपययौcame, approached

लोकपालैःwith the guardians of the worlds

तथैवjust so, likewise

चand

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (Bhīṣma)

Indra (Tridaśeśvara)

Devas (gods)

Lokapālas (guardians of the worlds/directions)

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?

A firmly formed resolve (vyavasāya), especially when aligned with dharma, is not merely private intention; it becomes an act with cosmic significance, drawing the attention of the divine order (Indra, the gods, and the Lokapālas) as witnesses and upholders of right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that Indra, having learned of the determined decision made by two individuals at that place, arrives there accompanied by the gods and the Lokapālas, indicating a moment of heightened importance and divine attendance.