Shloka 145

Devanagari script

एष देवो महादेवो यो5सौ पार्थ तवाग्रत: । संग्रामे शात्रवान्‌ निष्नंस्त्वया दृष्ट:ः पिनाकधूक्‌,अर्जुन! संग्रामभूमिमें जो तुम्हारे आगे शत्रुओंका संहार करते हुए दिखायी दिये हैं, वे ये ही पिनाकधारी भगवान्‌ महादेव हैं

Transliteration

eṣa devo mahādevo yo'sau pārtha tavāgrataḥ | saṅgrāme śātravān niṣṇan tvayā dṛṣṭaḥ pinākadhṛk, arjuna ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “O Pārtha, the one you saw before you on the battlefield—cutting down the hostile warriors—was none other than that very God, Mahādeva, the bearer of the bow Pināka. O Arjuna, it was Śiva himself who appeared as the slayer of your foes.”

Word by Word

एषःthis (one)

देवःgod

महादेवःMahādeva (the great god, Śiva)

यःwho

असौthat (yonder one)

पार्थO Pārtha (Arjuna)

तवof you/your

अग्रतःin front (of)

संग्रामेin battle

शात्रवान्enemies

निष्नन्slaying, killing

त्वयाby you

दृष्टःseen

पिनाकधृक्bearer of the Pināka (Śiva)

अर्जुनO Arjuna

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Arjuna

Pārtha

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Pināka (Śiva’s bow)

battlefield (saṅgrāma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes