Shloka 96

Devanagari script

पिबद्धिरिव चाकाशं तैहयैलोॉकपूजितै: । जगाम भगवान्‌ क्षिप्रं जयाय त्रिदिवौकसाम्‌,वे लोकपूजित अश्व ऐसे तीव्र वेगसे चल रहे थे, मानो सारे आकाशको पी जायूँगे। उस समय भगवान्‌ शिव उन अअश्रोंके द्वारा देवतवाओंकी विजयके लिये बड़ी शीघ्रताके साथ जा रहे थे

Transliteration

pibaddhir iva cākāśaṃ taiḥ hayaiḥ lokapūjitaiḥ | jagāma bhagavān kṣipraṃ jayāya tridivaukasām ||

Translation

世に称えられるその馬たちは、まるで天を飲み干さんばかりの猛き速さで突き進んだ。そのとき福徳の主（シヴァ）は、天界の住人たちに勝利をもたらすべく、疾風のごとく前進した。

Word by Word

पिबद्भिःas if drinking

इवas if/like

चand

आकाशम्the sky

तैःby/with those

हयैःhorses

लोकपूजितैःhonoured by the world

जगामwent

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

क्षिप्रम्quickly

जयायfor victory

त्रिदिवौकसाम्of the dwellers in heaven (gods)

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

प

पितामह (Bhīṣma, as narrator/speaker)

भ

भगवान् शिव (Lord Śiva)

ल

लोकपूजित अश्व (world-honoured horses)

त

त्रिदिवौकसः (the devas, dwellers of heaven)

आ

आकाश (the sky)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the epic idea that when cosmic balance is threatened, divine power may act decisively to uphold order (dharma) and protect the rightful stability of the worlds; victory is portrayed not merely as force, but as the reassertion of a larger moral-cosmic harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a dramatic scene: Śiva moves swiftly, borne by extraordinarily swift, world-renowned horses whose speed is likened to drinking up the sky, as he goes to secure victory for the gods (the heavenly beings).