Shloka 9

Śiva Grants the Pāśupata Astra (Pāśupata-Śastra Upadeśa) | शिवेन पाशुपतास्त्रदानम्

Devanagari script

तथा लोकान्तकृच्छीमान्‌ यम: साक्षात्‌ प्रतापवान्‌ | मर्त्यमूर्तिधरै: सार्थ पितृभिलोॉकभावनै:,इसी प्रकार समस्त जगत्‌का अन्त करनेवाले श्रीमान्‌ प्रतापी यमराजने प्रत्यक्षरूपमें वहाँ दर्शन दिया। उनके साथ मानव-शरीरधारी विश्वभावन पितृगण भी थे

Transliteration

tathā lokāntakṛcchīmān yamaḥ sākṣāt pratāpavān | martyamūrtidharaiḥ sārthaṃ pitṛbhir lokabhāvanaiḥ ||

Translation

Then Yama himself—glorious, mighty, and the bringer of the world’s end—appeared there in visible form. He was accompanied by the Pitṛs, beneficent sustainers of the worlds, who had assumed human bodies.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

लोकान्तकृच्छीमान्glorious (one) who brings about the end of the worlds

यमःYama

साक्षात्directly, in person, manifestly

प्रतापवान्mighty, powerful

मर्त्यमूर्तिधरैःwith (those) bearing mortal/human forms

सार्थम्together with, accompanied by

पितृभिःwith the Pitṛs (manes/ancestors)

लोकभावनैःworld-sustaining, world-nourishing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

Pitṛs

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames death (Yama) not merely as destruction but as an aspect of cosmic and moral order, accompanied by the Pitṛs who represent continuity of lineage and the sustaining power of ancestral dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yama manifests directly at the scene, arriving with the Pitṛs who have taken human-like forms, signaling a solemn, otherworldly intervention connected with judgment, destiny, or dharmic resolution.