Shloka 42

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

बलि: किलोपटह्वियते तस्य देवस्य तैनरि: । “इसके बाद जब वे स्तुति करने लगे, तब उनकी तुमुल ध्वनि हमारे कानोंमें पड़ी। वे सब लोग उन तेजोमय भगवान्‌को पूजाकी सामग्री अर्पण कर रहे थे ।। वयं तु तेजसा तस्य सहसा हृतचेतस:

Transliteration

baliḥ kilopaṭahviyate tasya devasya tair naraḥ | vayaṃ tu tejasā tasya sahasā hṛtacetasaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “That deity is indeed invoked by the name ‘Bali’. When those men began to chant hymns, their tumultuous sound reached our ears. They were all presenting offerings as articles of worship to that radiant Lord; and we, overwhelmed by his splendor, suddenly found our minds carried away.”

Word by Word

बलिःoffering, oblation

किलindeed, surely (emphatic particle)

उप-आह्वीयतेis invoked / is called upon

तस्यof that (one)

देवस्यof the god

तेनby that / with that

नरिःman (reading uncertain)

वयम्we

तुbut, however

तेजसाby (his) splendor

तस्यof him/that

सहसाsuddenly, forcibly

हृत-चेतसःwhose minds were carried away

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Bali (as the invoked deity/name)

deva (the radiant Lord/deity)

naraḥ (worshippers/men)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes