Shloka 24

Devanagari script

लोकांश्व लभते पुण्यान्‌ विश्वेश्वरकृतान्‌ शुभान्‌ । एते देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्‌ सर्वभूतगणेश्वरा:

Transliteration

lokāṁś ca labhate puṇyān viśveśvarakṛtān śubhān | ete devās trayastriṁśat sarvabhūtaganeśvarāḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「彼は吉祥にして功徳ある世界—宇宙の主が造り給うた聖なる境地—に到る。この三十三柱の神々は、あらゆる生類の群れを統べる主である。」

Word by Word

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• पुण्यान्: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विश्वेश्वरकृतान्: made by the Lord of the universe
• विश्वेश्वरकृतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वेश्वरकृत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शुभान्: auspicious
• शुभान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिंशत्: thirty
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रिंशत्

• सर्वभूतगणेश्वराः: lords of the hosts of all beings
• सर्वभूतगणेश्वराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतगणेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Viśveśvara (Lord of the universe)
• Trayastriṃśat Devāḥ (the thirty-three gods)
• Puṇya-lokāḥ (meritorious worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous conduct yields access to meritorious, auspicious realms, and the cosmos is portrayed as governed by a structured divine order—here symbolized by the thirty-three deities who preside over all classes of beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues his instruction by describing the फल (result) of virtue: the attainment of holy worlds created by the supreme Lord, and he identifies the ‘thirty-three gods’ as overarching rulers within the cosmic hierarchy.