Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 5

Bala: The Rise and Slaying of the Dānava

and the Devas’ Restoration

Devanagari script

तस्माद्देवान्महाभागादमरत्वं तथैव च । देवांल्लोकान्स संव्याप्य प्रभुत्वं स्वयमर्जितम्

Transliteration

tasmāddevānmahābhāgādamaratvaṃ tathaiva ca | devāṃllokānsa saṃvyāpya prabhutvaṃ svayamarjitam

Translation

Por ello, de aquel grandemente afortunado, los devas obtuvieron también la inmortalidad; y él, penetrando los mundos de los dioses, alcanzó la soberanía por su propio esfuerzo.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• महाभागात्: from the greatly fortunate one
• महाभागात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक: महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरत्व (प्रातिपदिक: अमर + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle/emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लोकान्: the worlds
• लोकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• संव्याप्य: having pervaded
• संव्याप्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + व्याप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable participle), ‘having pervaded’

• प्रभुत्वम्: sovereignty
• प्रभुत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभुत्व (प्रातिपदिक: प्रभु + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अर्जितम्: acquired
• अर्जितम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ज् (धातु) → अर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘acquired’ (agreeing with प्रभुत्वम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice; wider dialogue context not provided)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्माद्देवान् = तस्मात् + देवान्; देवान्महाभागात् = देवान् + महाभागात्; तथैव = तथा + एव; देवांल्लोकान् = देवान् + लोकान्; लोकान्स = लोकान् + सः; स्वयमर्जितम् = स्वयम् + अर्जितम्

Characters & Entities

• Devas (gods)

FAQs

What is the central idea of this verse?

It states that immortality came to the gods through a “greatly fortunate one,” and that this figure attained sovereignty by his own exertion while pervading the divine worlds.

Who is the “mahābhāga” (greatly fortunate one) here?

The verse itself does not name the person; identifying him requires the surrounding verses of Bhūmi-khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 23.

What ethical or spiritual lesson can be drawn from “svayam arjitam” (earned by oneself)?

It highlights personal effort and merit—true authority or spiritual attainment is portrayed as something won through one’s own disciplined action rather than merely inherited.