Shloka 48

भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः

Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify

Devanagari script

जय विश्व महादेव जय लोकहिते रत । जय योगीश्वर विभो जय योगपरावर

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | jaya viśva-mahādeva jaya loka-hite rata | jaya yogīśvara vibho jaya yoga-parāvara-viśvarūpa mahādeva |

Translation

जय विश्वमहादेव जय लोकहिते रत । जय योगीश्वर विभो जय योगपरावर ॥

Word by Word

• जय: victory; hail!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)

• विश्व: O All/Universe (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, vocative (used as name-epithet), singular

• महादेव: O Mahādeva (Great God)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जय: hail!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)

• लोकहिते: in the welfare of the world
• लोकहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• रत: engaged; devoted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √रम्)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जय: hail!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)

• योगीश्वर: O Lord of Yogins
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• विभो: O all-pervading one; O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जय: hail!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)

• योगपरावर: O one who is the farther and nearer end of yoga; O beginning-and-end of yoga
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगपरावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Mahadeva (Shiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dharmic devotion through stuti: recognizing the divine as universal, benevolent toward all beings, and the supreme source and culmination of yogic discipline. Ethically, it elevates loka-hita (the welfare of the world) as a divine attribute worthy of imitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses Mahadeva (Shiva) with repeated acclamations of victory, offering a hymn-like salutation that emphasizes Shiva’s cosmic pervasiveness, his concern for the world’s good, and his identity as the lord and ultimate horizon of yoga.