Shloka 42

Devanagari script

त्रिशूलपार्णिं वरदं खड्गचर्मधरं प्रभुम्‌ । पिनाकिनं खड्गधरं लोकानां पतिमीश्वरम्‌

Transliteration

triśūlapārṇiṃ varadaṃ khaḍgacarmadharaṃ prabhum | pinākinaṃ khaḍgadharaṃ lokānāṃ patim īśvaram

Translation

ວະຍາສະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «(ທ່ານໄດ້ເຫັນ ແລະສັນລະເສີນ) ພຣະອົງຜູ້ມີອຳນາດ ຜູ້ຖືຕຣິສູນ, ຜູ້ປະທານພອນດ້ວຍພຣະເມດຕາ, ຖືດາບແລະໂລ່; ຜູ້ຖືຄັນທະນູປິນາກາ, ດາບຢູ່ໃນມື—ອີສະວະຣະ, ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງໂລກທັງປວງ.» ບົດນີ້ວາງພຣະເທວະເປັນທັງຜູ້ປົກປ້ອງ ແລະຈອມອຳນາດສູງສຸດ ຊັກນຳໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມເຄົາລົບໃນຄວາມປັ່ນປ່ວນທາງສິນທຳຂອງສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

त्रिशूलपार्णिम्him whose weapon/hand is a trident

वरदम्the boon-giver

खड्गचर्मधरम्bearing sword and shield

प्रभुम्the lord, master

पिनाकिनम्the bearer of Pināka (Śiva)

खड्गधरम्bearing a sword

लोकानाम्of the worlds/people

पतिम्lord, husband; master

ईश्वरम्the supreme ruler

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Īśvara (Śiva/Rudra)

triśūla (trident)

khaḍga (sword)

carma (shield)

Pināka (bow)

lokāḥ (the worlds)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes divine sovereignty and refuge: the supreme Lord is simultaneously the wielder of formidable weapons (power to restrain adharma) and the giver of boons (grace to protect and uplift). In a war setting, it reminds the listener that ultimate authority and moral order transcend human conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa describes (or invokes) the supreme deity with a string of epithets—trident-bearer, Pināka-wielder, sword-and-shield bearer—identifying him as Īśvara, lord of the worlds. The narration heightens the sense of divine presence and power within the unfolding events of the Drona Parva.