Shloka 126

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

योअसौ योनिर्हि सर्वस्य स्थावरस्य चरस्य च । जिनके प्रसादसे ब्रह्मा और क्रोधसे रुद्र प्रकट हुए हैं, वे श्रीहरि ही सम्पूर्ण चराचर जगतकी उत्पत्तिके कारण हैं

Transliteration

yo 'sau yonir hi sarvasya sthāvarasya carasya ca | yasya prasādād brahmā ca krodhād rudraḥ prajāyate, sa śrīhariḥ sarva-carācara-jagata utpatti-kāraṇam ||

Translation

जो समस्त स्थावर-जंगम सृष्टीचा खरा योनी व उगम आहे, ज्याच्या प्रसादाने ब्रह्मा प्रकट झाले आणि ज्याच्या क्रोधाने रुद्र उत्पन्न झाला—तोच श्रीहरि संपूर्ण चराचर विश्वाच्या उत्पत्तीचे कारण आहे।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असौ: that (well-known/that very one)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योनिः: source, womb, origin
• योनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्थावरस्य: of the immovable (beings)
• स्थावरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• चरस्य: of the movable (beings)
• चरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Śrī Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Brahmā
• Rudra (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All existence—moving and unmoving—has a single ultimate source: Śrī Hari. Even major cosmic functions and deities (creation via Brahmā and transformative destruction via Rudra) are presented as arising from that one supreme principle through grace and wrath, emphasizing unity behind diverse powers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna is speaking in praise and theological clarification, identifying the supreme cause of the universe. He asserts that Brahmā manifests through the Lord’s favor and Rudra through the Lord’s fierce energy, thereby locating the cosmos and its governing powers within Śrī Hari as the ultimate origin.