Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सौम्या रौद्रा गणाश्वैव योगभूतगणास्तथा । ज्योतींषि सरितो व्योम सुपर्ण: पतगेश्वर:

Transliteration

saumyā raudrā gaṇāś caiva yogabhūta-gaṇās tathā | jyotīṁṣi sarito vyoma suparṇaḥ patageśvaraḥ ||

Translation

സൗമ്യഗണങ്ങളും രൗദ്രഗണങ്ങളും, യോഗശക്തിയാൽ ഏകീഭവിച്ച ഭൂതഗണങ്ങളും ഉണ്ട്; ആകാശത്തിലെ ജ്യോതിസ്സുകൾ, നദികൾ, സ്വയം വ്യോമം, കൂടാതെ സുപർണൻ ഗരുഡൻ—പക്ഷികളുടെ അധിപതി—ഇവയും (ആ കോസ്മിക ഗണക്രമത്തിൽ) ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सौम्याः: gentle (ones)
• सौम्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रौद्राः: fierce (ones)
• रौद्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गणाः: groups, hosts
• गणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• योगभूतगणाः: hosts that have become united/associated (with yoga/union)
• योगभूतगणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगभूतगण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise, so too
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• ज्योतींषि: lights, luminaries
• ज्योतींषि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• व्योम: sky, firmament
• व्योम: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सुपर्णः: Suparṇa (Garuda), the good-winged one
• सुपर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुपर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पतगेश्वरः: lord of birds
• पतगेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतगेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• gaṇāḥ (hosts/classes of beings)
• jyotīṁṣi (luminaries)
• saritaḥ (rivers)
• vyoma (sky/space)
• Suparṇa (Garuḍa)
• patageśvara (lord of birds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse classifies existence into diverse orders—benign and fierce hosts, yogically empowered beings, and even cosmic elements like luminaries, rivers, and the sky—suggesting a dharmic vision where the universe is an ordered totality of interrelated powers and beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues an enumerative description of various classes of beings and cosmic constituents, naming different gaṇas and prominent entities like Suparṇa (Garuḍa), as part of a broader instruction on sacred cosmology and the structure of the world.