Shloka 12

धन-यज्ञ-दानविवेकः

Wealth, Sacrifice, and Disciplined Giving

Devanagari script

महादेव: सर्वयज्ञे महात्मा हुत्वा$5त्मानं देवदेवो बभूव । विश्वॉल्लोकान्‌ व्याप्य विष्ट भ्य कीर्त्या विराजते द्युतिमान्‌ कृत्तिवासा:

Transliteration

mahādevaḥ sarvayajñe mahātmā hutvā ātmānaṃ devadevo babhūva | viśvāl lokān vyāpya viṣṭabhya kīrtyā virājate dyutimān kṛttivāsāḥ |

Translation

ମହାତ୍ମା ମହାଦେବ ସର୍ବସ୍ୱ-ସମର୍ପଣରୂପ ଯଜ୍ଞରେ ନିଜକୁ ନିଜେ ଆହୁତି ଦେଇ ଦେବଦେବ ହେଲେ। ସେ ନିଜ କୀର୍ତ୍ତିରେ ସମସ୍ତ ଲୋକକୁ ବ୍ୟାପି ଦ୍ୟୁତିମାନ କୃତ୍ତିବାସା ରୂପେ ବିରାଜିତ।

Word by Word

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (the great god, Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वयज्ञे: in the all-sacrifice (total-offering sacrifice)
• सर्वयज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वयज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुत्वा: having offered (as oblation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• आत्मानम्: himself / the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवदेवः: the god of gods
• देवदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विश्वान्: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• व्याप्य: having pervaded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप्
• Form: Absolutive (lyap), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• विष्टभ्य: having supported / upheld
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तभ्
• Form: Absolutive (lyap), वि-, Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• कीर्त्या: by (his) fame/glory
• कीर्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• विराजते: shines, is resplendent
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज्
• Form: Laṭ (Present), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada, वि-

• द्युतिमान्: radiant, luminous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृत्तिवासाः: he whose garment is a skin (Kṛttivāsas, Śiva)
• कृत्तिवासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिवासस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

देवस्थान उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Devadeva (epithet of Śiva)
• Kṛttivāsā (epithet of Śiva)
• Sarvayajña (the all-sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse elevates complete self-offering (ātma-samarpaṇa) as the highest form of sacrifice: by giving oneself wholly for the good of the whole, one attains supreme spiritual stature. Śiva’s radiance and world-pervading fame symbolize the ethical power of renunciation and self-transcendence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Devsthāna describes Mahādeva as having performed the ‘all-sacrifice’ by offering his own self, thereby becoming Devadeva. He is portrayed as pervading and supporting all worlds through his glory, shining as the radiant Kṛttivāsā.