Shloka 38

Devanagari script

उमापतिं विरूपाक्ष॑ दक्षयज्ञनिबर्हणम्‌ । प्रजानां पतिमव्यग्रं भूतानां पतिमव्ययम्‌

Transliteration

umāpatiṃ virūpākṣaṃ dakṣayajñanibarhaṇam | prajānāṃ patim avyagraṃ bhūtānāṃ patim avyayam ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “(I beheld/remember) the Lord of Umā—Virūpākṣa—who destroyed Dakṣa’s sacrifice; the unperturbed sovereign of creatures, the imperishable Lord of all beings.” The verse frames Śiva as the supreme protector and moral governor: when sacred rites are corrupted by pride and exclusion, he restores cosmic order, yet remains inwardly steady and beyond decay.

Word by Word

• उमापतिम्: Umā's lord (Śiva)
• उमापतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा-पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विरूपाक्षम्: the odd-/three-eyed one (Śiva)
• विरूपाक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूप-अक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दक्षयज्ञनिबर्हणम्: the destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice
• दक्षयज्ञनिबर्हणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष-यज्ञ-निबर्हण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रजानाम्: of creatures/subjects
• प्रजानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पतिम्: lord
• पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अव्यग्रम्: unagitated, undistracted
• अव्यग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पतिम्: lord
• पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अव्ययम्: imperishable, undecaying
• अव्ययम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Śiva (Umāpati, Virūpākṣa)
• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa’s yajña (sacrifice)