Shloka 105

Devanagari script

धाता च स विधाता च विश्वात्मा विश्वकर्मकृत्‌ | सर्वासां देवतानां च धारयत्यवपुर्वपु:,वे ही धाता, विधाता, विश्वात्मा और विश्वरूपी कार्यके कर्ता हैं। वे शरीररहित होकर भी सम्पूर्ण देवताओंके शरीर धारण करते हैं

Transliteration

dhātā ca sa vidhātā ca viśvātmā viśvakarmakṛt | sarvāsāṁ devatānāṁ ca dhārayaty avapūrvapuḥ ||

Translation

ಅವನೇ ಧಾತಾ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಧಾತಾ; ವಿಶ್ವಾತ್ಮ; ವಿಶ್ವರೂಪ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳ ಕರ್ತಾ. ತಾನು ನಿರ್ದೇಹನಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಸಮಸ್ತ ದೇವತೆಗಳ ದೇಹಗಳನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ ಪೋಷಿಸುವವನು ಅವನೇ.

Word by Word

धाताthe supporter/creator (Dhatā)

चand

सःhe

विधाताthe ordainer/creator (Vidhātā)

चand

विश्वात्माthe universal Self

विश्वकर्मकृत्maker of all works (universal doer)

सर्वासाम्of all

देवतानाम्of the deities

चand

धारयतिsupports/bears

अवपुःbodiless

वपुःbody/form

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

the Supreme Being (implied)

Devatāḥ (the gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the supreme principle is both the source of cosmic order and the arranger of destinies; though transcending physical embodiment, it sustains all divine forms and functions, grounding dharma in an overarching, universal support.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa delivers a doctrinal description of the supreme reality—identifying it with cosmic ordination and universal agency—within the Drona Parva context, where such teaching frames events of war within a larger metaphysical and ethical order.