Shloka 133

Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman

Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra

Devanagari script

वराहरूपिणं देवमधृष्यममरैरपि । “वे दानव वर पाकर बल और अभिमानसे मत्त हो उठे हैं। वे मूढ़ दैत्य अव्यक्तस्वरूप भगवान्‌ विष्णुको नहीं जानते, जो देवताओं के लिये भी दुर्धर्ष हैं। उन्होंने वाराह रूप धारण कर रखा है

Transliteration

varāharūpiṇaṃ devam adhṛṣyam amarair api |

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “They do not recognize the divine Lord who is beyond manifestation, invincible even to the gods. Assuming the form of a Boar (Varāha), He remains unassailable; yet those deluded Dānavas, intoxicated by strength and pride, fail to know Him.”

Word by Word

• वराह-रूपिणम्: having the form of a boar (Varaha-formed)
• वराह-रूपिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वराहरूपिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अधृष्यम्: unassailable, unconquerable
• अधृष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधृष्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमरैः: by the immortals (gods)
• अमरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Varāha (boar-form of Viṣṇu)
• Deva (the Lord)
• Amara (the gods/Devas)
• Dānava (demons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Power and pride can blind beings to the highest reality: the Lord may be beyond ordinary perception and yet decisively present. The verse warns that arrogance (mada) and delusion (moha) prevent recognition of the divine, who remains unconquerable even to the gods.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes how the Dānavas, swollen with strength and self-conceit, fail to understand the unmanifest Lord (implicitly Viṣṇu) who has taken the Varāha form. He emphasizes the Lord’s invincibility—‘unassailable even by the gods.’