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Shloka 121

स कामानां प्रभुर्देवो ये दिव्या ये च मानुषा: । स विभु: स प्रभुर्देवो विश्व व्याप्रोति वै महत्‌,जो दिव्य तथा मानव भोग हैं, उन सबके स्वामी ये महादेवजी ही हैं। ये देव इस विशाल विश्वमें व्याप्त हैं; इसलिये विभु और प्रभु कहलाते हैं

sa kāmānāṁ prabhur devo ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ | sa vibhuḥ sa prabhur devo viśvaṁ vyāpnoti vai mahat ||

Vyāsa said: He is the Lord of all enjoyments and desired objects—whether heavenly or human. That God, all-powerful and sovereign, pervades this vast universe; therefore he is called the All-pervading One and the Supreme Lord.

सःhe (that one)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कामानाम्of desires/objects of enjoyment
कामानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
प्रभुःlord, master
प्रभुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवःgod
देवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
येwhich (those that)
ये:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
दिव्याःdivine, heavenly
दिव्याः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
येwhich (those that)
ये:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मानुषाःhuman, pertaining to humans
मानुषाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमानुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विभुःall-pervading, mighty
विभुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रभुःlord
प्रभुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवःgod
देवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विश्वम्the universe, all
विश्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविश्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
व्याप्नोतिpervades
व्याप्नोति:
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (व्याप्)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
महत्great, vast
महत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
D
Deva (Supreme Lord / Mahādeva implied)
V
Viśva (the universe)

Educational Q&A

All forms of enjoyment—celestial and human—are ultimately under the sovereignty of the Supreme Deity, who pervades the entire cosmos; recognizing this grounds desire and success in a higher moral and spiritual order rather than mere personal control.

Vyāsa is describing the nature of the supreme divine power (understood here as Mahādeva): as the master of all pleasures and the all-pervading presence in the vast universe, thereby justifying the epithets 'Vibhu' and 'Prabhu'.