Shloka 5636

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 96: Sātyaki’s Line-Penetration, Encirclement, and Advance toward Arjuna

Devanagari script

पिनाकी सर्वभूतेशो भगनेत्रनिपातन: । “उनका दर्शन पाकर तुमलोग वृत्रासुरको जीत सकोगे। अतः शीघ्र ही मन्दराचलको चलो, जहाँ तपस्याके उत्पत्तिस्थान, दक्षयज्ञविनाशक तथा भगदेवताके नेत्रोंका नाश करनेवाले सर्वभूतेश्वर पिनाकधारी भगवान्‌ शिव विराजमान हैं”

Transliteration

pinākī sarvabhūteśo bhaganetranipātanaḥ |

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಪಿನಾಕಧಾರಿ, ಸರ್ವಭೂತೇಶ್ವರ, ಭಗದೇವನ ನೇತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಪಾತಾಳಗೊಳಿಸಿದವನು, ದಕ್ಷಯಜ್ಞವಿನಾಶಕನಾದ ಭಗವಾನ್ ಶಿವನು ವಿರಾಜಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅವನ ದರ್ಶನಮಾತ್ರದಿಂದಲೇ ನೀವು ವೃತ್ರಾಸುರನನ್ನು ಜಯಿಸಬಲ್ಲಿರಿ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ತಪಸ್ಸಿನ ಉದ್ಭವಸ್ಥಾನವೆಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದ ಮಂದರಾಚಲಕ್ಕೆ ಶೀಘ್ರ ಹೋಗಿರಿ.

Word by Word

• पिनाकी: the bearer of the bow Pināka (Śiva)
• पिनाकी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतेशः: lord of all beings
• सर्वभूतेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगनेत्रनिपातनः: the one who caused the falling/destruction of Bhaga's eyes
• भगनेत्रनिपातनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगनेत्रनिपातन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śiva
• Pināka (bow)
• Bhaga
• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa’s sacrifice (Dakṣa-yajña)
• Vṛtrāsura (Vṛtra)
• Mandarācala (Mount Mandara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage underscores the ethical-religious idea that divine audience (darśana) and the power born of tapas can remove seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Victory is framed not merely as force, but as alignment with higher power and disciplined spiritual merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a directive pointing toward Lord Śiva on Mount Mandara. Śiva is identified through famous mythic deeds—destroying Dakṣa’s sacrifice and striking down Bhaga’s eyes—and it is asserted that by obtaining Śiva’s darśana one can gain the capacity to defeat Vṛtrāsura.