Shloka 31

Devanagari script

पितामह उवाच निहत्य दानवपतीन्‌ महावर्ष्मा महाबल: । एष देवो महायोगी भूतात्मा भूतभावन:,ब्रह्माजी बोले--देवताओ! ये महाकाय महाबली महायोगी भूतभावन भूतात्मा भगवान्‌ विष्णु हैं, जो दानवराजोंका वध करके आ रहे हैं

Transliteration

pitāmaha uvāca: nihatya dānavapatīn mahāvarṣmā mahābalaḥ | eṣa devo mahāyogī bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ||

Translation

ピターマハ（梵天）は告げた。「神々よ！ダーナヴァの王たちを討ち果たして、この巨躯にして至高の力を備えた神が近づいて来る。彼は大いなるヨーギン、万有の内なる自己、そして一切を顕現させ養い立てる者—すなわちヴィシュヌである。」

Word by Word

पितामहःthe Grandsire (Bhīṣma)

उवाचsaid

निहत्यhaving slain

दानवपतीन्the lords of the Dānavas (demon-kings)

महावर्ष्माone of huge body

महाबलःvery mighty

एषःthis

देवःgod, divine being

महायोगीgreat yogin

भूतात्माthe self of beings / indwelling spirit of beings

भूतभावनःcreator/nourisher of beings

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma, speaker epithet)

Dānavas

Dānava-lords (dānavapatayaḥ)

Deva (identified as Viṣṇu in the accompanying Hindi gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents divine power as ethically oriented toward sustaining dharma: the Deity who destroys the leaders of destructive forces is simultaneously described as the inner Self and nurturer of all beings, implying that righteous force serves restoration of cosmic balance rather than personal hatred.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pitāmaha identifies a divine figure approaching after defeating the chiefs of the Dānavas, praising him with epithets—immense in form, mighty in strength, a great yogin, the indwelling Self of beings, and the one who fosters creation—thereby interpreting the victory as a manifestation of divine guardianship.