Shloka 5

भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival

Devanagari script

ऋषयो देहसम्भूतास्तस्य लोकाश्न शाश्वता: । पितामहगहं साक्षात्‌ सर्वदेवगृहं च सः,समस्त ऋषि और सनातन लोक उनके श्रीविग्रहसे उत्पन्न हुए हैं। वे श्रीहरि स्वयं ही सम्पूर्ण देवताओंके गृह और ब्रह्माजीके भी निवासस्थान हैं

Transliteration

ṛṣayo deha-sambhūtās tasya lokāś ca śāśvatāḥ | pitāmaha-gṛhaṃ sākṣāt sarva-deva-gṛhaṃ ca saḥ ||

Translation

ఆయన దేహస్వరూపం నుంచే ఋషులు మరియు శాశ్వత లోకాలు ఉద్భవించాయి. ఆయనే ప్రత్యక్షంగా పితామహుడు (బ్రహ్మ) యొక్క నివాసం, సమస్త దేవతల గృహమూ ఆయనే.

Word by Word

ऋषयःsages

देहसम्भूताःborn from (his) body/form

तस्यof him

लोकाःworlds/realms

चand

शाश्वताःeternal

पितामहगृहम्the abode/house of the Grandfather (Brahmā)

साक्षात्directly, in person

सर्वदेवगृहम्the abode of all the gods

चand

सःhe

Speaker

ईश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

ऋ

ऋषि (ṛṣi)

ल

लोक (loka)

प

पितामह/ब्रह्मा (pitāmaha/Brahmā)

स

सर्वदेव (all gods)

ई

ईश्वर (Īśvara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the Lord’s supreme status as the source from whom sages and worlds arise, and as the sustaining ‘abode’ of Brahmā and all gods—grounding dharma in devotion to the ultimate foundation of the cosmos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Īśvara is describing His own cosmic nature: creation (sages and worlds) proceeds from Him, and even the highest deities depend on Him as their dwelling and support, emphasizing divine supremacy and immanence.