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Shloka 26

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

Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra

रसातलगतकश्चापि वराहस्त्रिदशद्विषाम्‌ । खुरैविंदारयामास मांसमेदो5स्थिसंचयान्‌,भगवान्‌ वराहकी ऋषियोंद्वारा स्तुति रसातलमें जाकर भी भगवान्‌ वाराहने देवद्रोही असुरोंको अपने खुरोंसे विदीर्ण कर दिया। उनके मांस, मेदा और हड्डियोंके ढेर लग गये थे

bhīṣma uvāca |

rasātalagataś cāpi varāhas tridāśadviṣām |

khuraiḥ vidārayāmāsa māṁsa-medo-'sthi-saṁcayān ||

Bhīṣma said: “Even after descending to Rasātala, the Blessed Lord in the form of the Boar tore apart the enemies of the gods with His hooves, leaving heaps of flesh, fat, and bones.”

रसातल-गतकःgone to Rasatala (netherworld)
रसातल-गतकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरसातल-गतक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वराहःthe Boar (Varaha)
वराहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवराह (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्रिदश-द्विषाम्of the haters of the gods
त्रिदश-द्विषाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिदश-द्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
खुरैःwith (his) hooves
खुरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootखुर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
विदारयामासtore asunder/rent
विदारयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootविदॄ (धातु)
FormPeriphrastic Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular
मांस-मेदः-अस्थि-संचयान्heaps of flesh, fat, and bones
मांस-मेदः-अस्थि-संचयान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमांस/मेदस्/अस्थि/संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वराहःVaraha
वराहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवराह (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Varāha (Bhagavān)
T
Tridāśas (Devas)
A
Asuras (implied as enemies of the gods)
R
Rasātala

Educational Q&A

The verse presents a dharmic principle: when forces hostile to the devas (symbols of order and righteousness) threaten the cosmic balance, the Divine may intervene decisively. It frames such intervention as protective of dharma rather than mere aggression.

Bhishma recounts the Lord’s Varāha form going down to Rasātala and ripping apart the enemies of the gods with His hooves, resulting in heaps of their flesh, fat, and bones—an image of total defeat of adharma-aligned beings.