Shloka 13

Devanagari script

जगद्योनिं जगद्वघीजं॑ जयिनं जगतो गतिम्‌ | विश्वात्मानं विश्वसृजं विश्वमूर्ति यशस्विनम्‌,वे ही जगत्‌की उत्पत्तिके स्थान, जगत॒के बीज, विजयशील, जगत्‌के आश्रय, सम्पूर्ण विश्वके आत्मा, विश्वविधाता, विश्वरूप और यशस्वी हैं

Transliteration

jagadyoniṁ jagad-bījaṁ jayiṇaṁ jagato gatiṁ | viśvāt-mānaṁ viśva-sṛjaṁ viśva-mūrtiṁ yaśasvinam ||

Translation

ఆయనే జగత్తు యొక్క యోని, జగత్తు యొక్క బీజం; సదా జయశీలుడు, జగత్తుకు గతి-ఆశ్రయం. ఆయన విశ్వాత్మ, విశ్వసృష్టికర్త, విశ్వరూపుడు, యశస్వి.

Word by Word

जगद्-योनिम्the womb/source of the world

जगद्-बीजम्the seed of the world

जयिनम्the victorious one

जगतःof the world

गतिम्refuge/goal/way

विश्व-आत्मानम्the universal Self

विश्व-सृजम्creator of the universe

विश्व-मूर्तिम्whose form is the universe

यशस्विनम्glorious/famed

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

the Supreme/Universal Being (unnamed in the verse)

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?

The verse teaches a vision of the ultimate reality as both transcendent and immanent: the universe arises from Him (yoni, bīja), moves toward Him (gati), and is pervaded by Him as its inner Self (viśvātman). This supports dharmic resilience—ethical clarity grounded in reverence for a cosmic order beyond immediate conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Drona Parva’s war setting, Vyāsa speaks in a laudatory, theological register, describing the supreme principle as the origin, creator, and all-encompassing form of the world. The praise functions to re-center attention from battlefield outcomes to the deeper source of victory, destiny, and moral orientation.