Shloka 26

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

Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra

Devanagari script

रसातलगतकश्चापि वराहस्त्रिदशद्विषाम्‌ । खुरैविंदारयामास मांसमेदो5स्थिसंचयान्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca |

rasātalagataś cāpi varāhas tridāśadviṣām |

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

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Aun después de descender a Rasātala, el Bienaventurado Señor en forma de Varāha (el Jabalí) desgarró con sus pezuñas a los enemigos de los dioses, dejando montones de carne, grasa y huesos».

Word by Word

• रसातल-गतकः: gone to Rasatala (netherworld)
• रसातल-गतकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रसातल-गतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• वराहः: the Boar (Varaha)
• वराहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिदश-द्विषाम्: of the haters of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश-द्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• खुरैः: with (his) hooves
• खुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: खुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विदारयामास: tore asunder/rent
• Type: Verb
• Root: विदॄ (धातु)
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular

• मांस-मेदः-अस्थि-संचयान्: heaps of flesh, fat, and bones
• मांस-मेदः-अस्थि-संचयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस/मेदस्/अस्थि/संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वराहः: Varaha
• वराहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Varāha (Bhagavān)
• Tridāśas (Devas)
• Asuras (implied as enemies of the gods)
• Rasātala

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.