Shloka 128

Devanagari script

एकाक्षो जाज्वतन्नास्ते सर्वतो$क्षिमयो5पि वा । क्रोधाद्‌ यश्चाविशल्लोकांस्तस्मात्‌ सर्व इति स्मृत:,यद्यपि उनके सब ओर नेत्र हैं, तथापि उनका एक विलक्षण अग्निमय नेत्र अलग भी है, जो सदा क्रोधसे प्रज्वलित रहता है; वे सब लोकोंमें समाविष्ट होनेके कारण 'सर्व” कहे गये हैं

Transliteration

ekākṣo jājvatann āste sarvato 'kṣimayo 'pi vā | krodhād yaś cāviśal lokāṁs tasmāt sarva iti smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

ວະຍາສະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ແມ່ນແທ້ວ່າພຣະອົງມີດວງຕາຢູ່ທຸກທິດ—ກະທັ້ງດັ່ງວ່າເປັນຜູ້ປະກອບດ້ວຍດວງຕາ—ແຕ່ຍັງມີດວງຕາອັນພິເສດດວງໜຶ່ງ ເປັນໄຟ ຕັ້ງແຍກອອກ ແລະລຸກໂຊນດ້ວຍຄວາມໂກດຢູ່ເສມອ. ແລະເນື່ອງຈາກພຣະອົງແຜ່ຊຶມເຂົ້າໄປໃນທຸກໂລກ ຈຶ່ງຖືກຈື່ຈຳດ້ວຍນາມ “ສະຣະວະ” — ຜູ້ເປັນທັງປວງ.

Word by Word

एकाक्षःone-eyed / having a single eye

जाज्वतन्blazing, flaming

आस्तेsits / remains / abides

सर्वतःon all sides, everywhere

अक्षिमयःconsisting of eyes / made of eyes

अपिeven, although

वाor

क्रोधात्from anger, due to wrath

यःwho

चand

अविशत्entered, pervaded

लोकान्worlds

तस्मात्therefore, from that

सर्वःthe All / (he who is) all

इतिthus

स्मृतःis called / is remembered as

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Sarva (epithet, commonly of Śiva/Rudra)

lokāḥ (the worlds)

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 links a divine name to a defining attribute: the deity is called “Sarva” because he pervades all worlds, while the separate blazing eye symbolizes concentrated, wrathful power—suggesting that omnipresence and destructive force can coexist within a single cosmic principle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is describing a formidable divine presence characterized by all-seeing pervasion and a distinct fiery eye burning with anger, explaining why this being is known as “Sarva,” the one who is present within all realms.