Shloka 14

Devanagari script

स्थाणोर्मन्त्राणि च जपन्‌ सिद्धि प्राप्स्यसि भारत । संधिद्वयोर्नरश्रेष्ठ त्रेताया द्वापरस्य च

Transliteration

sthāṇor mantrāṇi ca japan siddhi prāpsyasi bhārata | saṃdhidvayor naraśreṣṭha tretāyā dvāparasya ca ||

Translation

Lomāśa dijo: «Oh Bhārata, recitando sin cesar los mantras de Sthāṇu (Śiva), alcanzarás la siddhi, el logro. Oh el mejor de los hombres, esto es especialmente cierto en las dos junturas de las eras: en el tránsito hacia Tretā y en el tránsito hacia Dvāpara.»

Word by Word

स्थाणोःof Sthāṇu (Śiva)

मन्त्राणिmantras

चand

जपन्reciting (muttering)

सिद्धिम्success, attainment

प्राप्स्यसिyou will obtain

भारतO Bhārata

सन्धि-द्वयोःof the two junctions (transitional periods)

नर-श्रेष्ठO best of men

त्रेतायाःof the Tretā (yuga)

द्वापरस्यof the Dvāpara (yuga)

चand

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomāśa

Bhārata (addressed person, traditionally Yudhiṣṭhira)

Sthāṇu (Śiva)

Tretā-yuga

Dvāpara-yuga

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady japa of Śiva’s mantras is presented as a means to attain siddhi, and the verse highlights that spiritual practice gains special potency when performed at liminal times—here, the junctions between yugas—when transitions invite heightened vigilance and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

The sage Lomāśa is instructing the addressed Bhārata (commonly understood as Yudhiṣṭhira) on a practical spiritual discipline: recitation of Śiva’s mantras, with emphasis on performing it at significant cosmic transitions (yuga-sandhis) associated with Tretā and Dvāpara.