Shloka 134

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

जितं भगवता तेन पुरुषेणेति भारत

Transliteration

jitaṃ bhagavatā tena puruṣeṇeti bhārata

Translation

«Ô Bhārata, cela fut conquis — remporté — par cette Personne bienheureuse et sublime.» Ainsi (le narrateur) indique que la victoire décisive n’appartient pas au seul effort humain, mais à la puissance et à l’excellence de l’agent divin, ou souverainement vertueux, qui l’accomplit.

Word by Word

• जितम्: conquered; won
• जितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भगवता: by the Blessed/Lord
• भगवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• पुरुषेण: by the man/person
• पुरुषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• इति: thus; (quotation marker) 'so'
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaishampayana (speaker)
• Bhārata (addressee; descendant of Bharata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Victory is attributed to the ‘bhagavat’—the supremely endowed, righteous or divine agent—implying that true conquest rests on higher power and virtue rather than on mere force or personal pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, speaking within the epic’s frame-story, concludes or emphasizes a point by stating that something has been ‘won/conquered’ by that exalted Person, addressing the listener as ‘Bhārata’.