Shloka 3

भीष्मरक्षण-प्रकरणम् / The Protective Screen around Bhīṣma and the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Clash

Devanagari script

उद्वृत्य चक्षुषी कोपान्निर्दहन्निव भारत । सदेवासुरगन्धर्व लोक॑ लोकविदां वर:

Transliteration

udvṛtya cakṣuṣī kopān nirdahann iva bhārata | sadevāsura-gandharva-lokaṁ lokavidāṁ varaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ! ລາວຍົກດວງຕາຂຶ້ນດ້ວຍຄວາມໂກດ ດັ່ງຈະເຜົາຜານທຸກສິ່ງທີ່ຢູ່ຕໍ່ໜ້າ. ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນບັນດາຜູ້ຮູ້ໂລກ ດູເຫມືອນຈະສາມາດເຜົາຜານອານາຈັກທັງປວງ—ທັງເທວະດາ, ອະສຸຣະ, ແລະ ຄັນທະຣະວະ—ໄດ້.»

Word by Word

• उद्वृत्य: having rolled up/raised (his eyes)
• उद्वृत्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√वृत्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), कर्तरि

• चक्षुषी: the two eyes
• चक्षुषी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• कोपात्: from anger
• कोपात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• निर्दहन्: burning up (as if)
• निर्दहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√दह्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सदेव: together with the gods
• सदेव: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• असुर: the asuras
• असुर: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गन्धर्व: the gandharvas
• गन्धर्व: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकम्: the world
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकविदाम्: of the knowers of the worlds
• लोकविदाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकविद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best/excellent one
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Gandharvas
• Lokas (worlds/realms)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger can appear world-consuming and destructive, implying an ethical warning: power and knowledge must be governed by restraint, or they become a threat to the wider order (loka).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a figure (praised as ‘foremost among knowers of the worlds’) lifting his eyes in wrath, seeming to burn everything—so intense that it is portrayed as affecting all realms, including gods, Asuras, and Gandharvas.