Shloka 142

Devanagari script

तैजसी महती दीप्ता देवेभ्यो5स्य शिवा तनु: । भास्वती मानुषेष्वस्य तनुर्घोराग्निरुच्यते,उनका जो शिव शरीर है, वह तेजोमय और परम कान्तिमान्‌ है। वह देवताओंके उपयोगमें आता है तथा मनुष्यलोकमें उनका प्रकाशमान घोर शरीर “अग्नि' कहलाता है

Transliteration

taijasī mahatī dīptā devebhyo ’sya śivā tanuḥ | bhāsvatī mānuṣeṣv asya tanur ghorāgnir ucyate ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: His auspicious form, blazing with immense, fiery splendor, is for the gods. But among human beings, his radiant and terrible form is spoken of as “Agni” (Fire). The passage underscores that the same divine reality appears differently according to the realm and the capacity of those who behold it—beneficent and worship-worthy in one context, awe-inspiring and fearsome in another.

Word by Word

तैजसीluminous, made of tejas

महतीgreat, vast

दीप्ताblazing, shining

देवेभ्यःto/for the gods

अस्यof him/this (his)

शिवाauspicious, benign

तनुःbody, form

भास्वतीradiant, shining

मानुषेषुamong humans / in the human world

अस्यof him/this (his)

तनुःbody, form

घोरterrible, fierce

अग्निःfire (Agni)

उच्यतेis called / is said

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Agni (Fire/Fire-deity)

Devas (gods)

Humans (mānuṣa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes