Shloka 100

Devanagari script

एवं लोका वदिष्यन्ति नरनारायणावृषी । उद्युक्तौ दहत: क्षत्रं लोककार्यार्थमीश्वरौ

Transliteration

evaṁ lokā vadiṣyanti nara-nārāyaṇāvṛṣī | udyuktau dahataḥ kṣatraṁ loka-kāryārtham īśvarau ||

Translation

«И так будут говорить люди: “Мудрецы Нара и Нараяна, быкоподобные,—владыки-державцы—встали во всеоружии и сожгли воинскую мощь, ради блага мира.”»

Word by Word

एवम्thus

लोकाःpeople; the worlds

वदिष्यन्तिwill say

नरनारायणौNara and Nārāyaṇa

ऋषीthe two sages

उद्युक्तौready; engaged

दहतःburning; destroying

क्षत्रम्the Kṣatriya order; warrior class

लोककार्यार्थम्for the purpose of the world's welfare/work

ईश्वरौthe two lords

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Nara

Nārāyaṇa

Kṣatriyas (kṣatra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even extraordinary force, when attributed to divine sages like Nara–Nārāyaṇa, is framed as legitimate only when undertaken for loka-kārya—restoring balance and safeguarding the world’s welfare—rather than for personal gain or anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma reports how people will describe Nara and Nārāyaṇa: as two lordly sages who, once roused to action, ‘burned’ (i.e., decisively crushed) kṣatra—militant royal power—because it had become a burden to the world, acting with a world-protecting purpose.