Shloka 31

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

Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra

Devanagari script

पितामह उवाच निहत्य दानवपतीन्‌ महावर्ष्मा महाबल: । एष देवो महायोगी भूतात्मा भूतभावन:,ब्रह्माजी बोले--देवताओ! ये महाकाय महाबली महायोगी भूतभावन भूतात्मा भगवान्‌ विष्णु हैं, जो दानवराजोंका वध करके आ रहे हैं

Transliteration

pitāmaha uvāca: nihatya dānavapatīn mahāvarṣmā mahābalaḥ | eṣa devo mahāyogī bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ||

Translation

Pitāmaha said: “Having slain the lords of the Dānavas, this mighty, vast-bodied and supremely powerful Deity approaches—He is the great Yogin, the inner Self of all beings and the one who brings all beings into manifestation and well-being.”

Word by Word

पितामहःthe Grandsire (Bhīṣma)

उवाचsaid

निहत्यhaving slain

दानवपतीन्the lords of the Dānavas (demon-kings)

महावर्ष्माone of huge body

महाबलःvery mighty

एषःthis

देवःgod, divine being

महायोगीgreat yogin

भूतात्माthe self of beings / indwelling spirit of beings

भूतभावनःcreator/nourisher of beings

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma, speaker epithet)

Dānavas

Dānava-lords (dānavapatayaḥ)

Deva (identified as Viṣṇu in the accompanying Hindi gloss)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes