Shloka 94

Devanagari script

स एष भगवान्‌ देव: सर्वलोकेश्वर: प्रभु: । न सम्बुबुधिरे चैनं देवास्तं भुवनेश्वरम्‌

Transliteration

sa eṣa bhagavān devaḥ sarvalokeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ | na sambubudhire cainaṃ devās taṃ bhuvaneśvaram ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「彼こそまさしく世尊なる神、万界の主、至上の統御者である。しかるに神々でさえ、宇宙の主たる彼を真に見抜くことはできなかった。」

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (person)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वलोकईश्वरः: lord of all worlds
• सर्वलोकईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोकईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: master, sovereign
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सम्बुबुधिरे: they understood/recognized
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + बुध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• एनम्: him (this one)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भुवनेश्वरम्: the lord of the world
• भुवनेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवनेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Devas (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even exalted beings like the devas may fail to discern the Supreme Lord’s true nature; the verse underscores humility and the need for deeper spiritual insight (bhakti and jñāna) to recognize ultimate sovereignty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa identifies a divine figure as the universal sovereign and remarks that, despite His supremacy, the gods themselves did not fully understand or recognize Him—highlighting the hidden or transcendent aspect of the Lord within the unfolding events.