Shloka 17

धर्मरहस्योपदेशः

Dharma-rahasya Instruction: Vows, Truth, and Non-injury

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्यस्य समस्तस्य शक्तः क्रुद्धों निवारणे । बिभर्ति सदृशं रूप॑ युगान्ताग्निसमप्र भम्‌,ये इस समय कुपित हो समस्त त्रिलोकीको रोक देनेमें समर्थ हैं; क्योंकि प्रलयकालके अग्निके समान तेजस्वी रूप धारण कर रहे हैं

Transliteration

trailokyasya samastasya śaktaḥ kruddho nivāraṇe | bibharti sadṛśaṃ rūpaṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabham ||

Translation

శల్యుడు అన్నాడు—ఇతడు క్రోధించినప్పుడు సమస్త త్రిలోకాన్ని ఆపి నిలిపే శక్తి కలవాడు; ఎందుకంటే ఈ వేళ ఇతడు యుగాంతాగ్ని వంటి ప్రకాశమయమైన రూపాన్ని ధరించాడు.

Word by Word

त्रैलोक्यस्यof the three worlds

समस्तस्यof the entire/whole

शक्तःable, capable

क्रुद्धःangered

निवारणेin restraining/stopping

बिभर्तिbears, assumes

सदृशम्similar, like

रूपम्form

युगान्ताग्नि-समप्रभम्having radiance equal to the fire at the end of an age

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Trailokya (the three worlds)

Yugānta-agni (the fire at the end of the age)

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 highlights how uncontrolled anger can become a world-stopping force, likened to cosmic destruction. Ethically, it underscores the need for restraint in war: immense power, when driven by wrath, approaches the scale of pralaya (cataclysm), making self-control a crucial aspect of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya is describing a warrior’s terrifying, anger-fueled might, saying that in his rage he could restrain even the three worlds, because he has assumed a form blazing like the end-of-age fire. The line functions as heightened battlefield rhetoric, magnifying the immediacy and danger of the moment.