Mahabharata 3.39.76 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 76

Arjuna’s Himalayan Departure and the Commencement of Severe Tapas

Janamejaya’s Inquiry; Sages Approach Śiva

Devanagari script

अजेयस्त्वं त्रिभिलोंकै: सदेवासुरमानुषै: । शिवाय विष्णुरूपाय विष्णवे शिवरूपिणे

Transliteration

ajeyaḥ tvaṃ tribhir lokaiḥ sa-devāsura-mānuṣaiḥ | śivāya viṣṇu-rūpāya viṣṇave śiva-rūpiṇe ||

Translation

ദേവന്മാരും അസുരന്മാരും മനുഷ്യരുമടങ്ങിയ ത്രിലോകവും നിങ്ങളെ ജയിക്കുവാൻ കഴിയില്ല; നിങ്ങൾ അജേയൻ. നിങ്ങൾ വിഷ്ണുരൂപ ശിവനും ശിവരൂപ വിഷ്ണുവും ആകുന്നു—നമസ്കാരം.

Word by Word

• अजेयः: unconquerable
• अजेयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: by/with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• लोकैः: worlds
• लोकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• स: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• देव: gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine

• असुर: asuras/demons
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine

• मानुषैः: humans
• मानुषैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शिवाय: to Shiva (salutation to)
• शिवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• विष्णु: Vishnu
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine

• रूपाय: to (one) having the form
• रूपाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• विष्णवे: to Vishnu (salutation to)
• विष्णवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• शिव: Shiva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine

• रूपिणे: to the one having the form (of)
• रूपिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Śiva
• Viṣṇu
• the three worlds (trailokya)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Humans (mānuṣas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the invincibility of the Supreme and emphasizes sectarian harmony by affirming the essential unity of Śiva and Viṣṇu (Hari-Hara), encouraging devotion that transcends rigid divisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna is offering a hymn of praise (stuti), declaring the deity’s unsurpassed power over all beings in the three worlds and saluting the deity as simultaneously manifesting as Śiva and as Viṣṇu.