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Shloka 13

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे लोके नष्टे स्थावरजड़मे । नष्टे देवासुरगणे समुत्सन्नमहोरगे

tasminn ekārṇave loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaḍame | naṣṭe devāsuragaṇe samutsannamahorage ||

Vaiśampāyana dijo: Cuando el mundo se vuelve un solo océano y todo lo fijo e inerte ha perecido—cuando las huestes de dioses y asuras son destruidas y aun las grandes serpientes quedan aniquiladas—entonces, en esa gran disolución, nada queda del sol, del fuego, del viento, de la luna, del cielo ni de la tierra. Todos los seres, móviles e inmóviles, se hunden en esa única inundación y desaparecen de la vista. En ese momento permanece Brahmā, el Señor de todos los seres, de alma inconmensurable; y sólo perdura la devota adoración hacia él.

तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
एकार्णवेin the single ocean (one flood)
एकार्णवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootएकार्णव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
नष्टेwhen (it is) destroyed
नष्टे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनश्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular
स्थावरजङ्गमेin (all) the immobile and mobile beings
स्थावरजङ्गमे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्थावरजङ्गम
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नष्टेwhen (they are) destroyed
नष्टे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनश्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular
देवासुरगणेin the host of gods and asuras
देवासुरगणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवासुरगण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
समुत्सन्नेwhen (it is) annihilated/utterly destroyed
समुत्सन्ने:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उत्-√सद्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular
महोरगेin the great serpents
महोरगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहोरग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
Devas
A
Asuras
M
Mahoragas (great serpents/Nāgas)
E
Ekārṇava (cosmic ocean)

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes impermanence: even gods, asuras, and primeval beings are swept away in cosmic dissolution. What remains meaningful is orientation toward the supreme principle (here framed as Brahmā/Īśvara) through devotion and contemplation, rather than reliance on worldly status or power.

Vaiśampāyana describes the scene of mahāpralaya: the cosmos collapses into a single ocean, and all categories of beings—immovable and moving, divine and demonic, even great serpents—are destroyed or disappear beneath the waters.