Shloka 110

Devanagari script

ईदृशश्व महादेवो भूयांश्न भगवानज: । न हि सर्वे मया शक्‍्या वक्तुं भगवतो गुणा:

Transliteration

īdṛśaś ca mahādevo bhūyāṁś ca bhagavān ajaḥ | na hi sarve mayā śakyā vaktuṁ bhagavato guṇāḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “Such indeed is Mahādeva—ever greater, the Blessed One, the Unborn. For it is not possible for me to fully describe all the qualities of that Lord.”

Word by Word

ईदृशःsuch, of this kind

चand

महादेवःMahādeva (the great god, Śiva)

भूयान्greater, more (in extent/degree)

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

अजःthe unborn (one)

नnot

हिindeed, for

सर्वेall

मयाby me

शक्याःpossible (to be done/said)

वक्तुम्to speak, to describe

भगवतःof the Lord

गुणाःqualities, virtues

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Bhagavān (the Lord)

Aja (the Unborn)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes devotional humility: even a great sage like Vyāsa admits the Lord’s virtues are beyond complete verbal description, highlighting the immeasurable nature of divine excellence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa, speaking within the Drona Parva context, offers a reverential characterization of Mahādeva (Śiva) as supremely exalted and unborn, and declares the inadequacy of human speech to enumerate all of the Lord’s qualities.