Shloka 34

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

वेदविद्याविधातारं ब्रह्माणममितद्युतिम्‌ । भूतमातृगणाध्यक्ष॑ विरूपाक्षं च सोडसृजत्‌

Transliteration

vedavidyāvidhātāraṃ brahmāṇam amitadyutim | bhūtamātṛgaṇādhyakṣaṃ virūpākṣaṃ ca so 'sṛjat ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : Il fit naître Brahmā, d’une splendeur sans mesure, ordonnateur et dépositaire du savoir védique. Puis il créa Virūpākṣa (Rudra), chef des êtres et des cohortes des Mères.

Word by Word

• वेदविद्या: Vedic knowledge
• वेदविद्या: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विधातारम्: the ordainer/creator
• विधातारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमितद्युतिम्: of immeasurable splendor
• अमितद्युतिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमितद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूतमातृगणाध्यक्षम्: the lord of the hosts of beings and Mothers (Mātṛ-gaṇas)
• भूतमातृगणाध्यक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतमातृगणाध्यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विरूपाक्षम्: Virūpākṣa (Rudra/Śiva)
• विरूपाक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूपाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदसृजत्: created/produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmā
• Virūpākṣa (Rudra)
• Bhūtas
• Mātṛgaṇas (Mātṛs)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cosmic authority is portrayed as structured and dharmic: Vedic knowledge is entrusted to Brahmā as the organizer of sacred order, while Rudra/Virūpākṣa is appointed as an overseer of beings and powerful divine forces (the Mātṛs), emphasizing responsibility and governance rather than arbitrary power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a sequence of creation: first Brahmā, radiant and connected with the Veda, is brought forth; then Virūpākṣa (Rudra) is created and assigned oversight of beings and the Mātṛ-hosts, indicating a delegated cosmic administration.