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Shloka 29

Brahmaśirastra-pratisaṃhāra — Retraction and redirection of the supreme weapon

Sauptika Parva, Adhyāya 15

यमाबध्य भयं नास्ति शस्त्रव्याधिक्षुधाश्रयम्‌ । देवेभ्यो दानवेभ्यो वा नागेभ्यो वा कथंचन

yamābadhya bhayaṁ nāsti śastravyādhi-kṣudhāśrayam | devebhyo dānavebhyo vā nāgebhyo vā kathaṁcana

యమబంధనంలో పడినవానికి శస్త్రం, వ్యాధి, క్షుధ వల్ల కలిగే భయం ఉండదు; దేవులనుండి గాని, దానవులనుండి గాని, నాగులనుండి గాని—ఏ విధమైన భయమూ ఉండదు.

यमाfrom Yama (Death)
यमा:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootयम
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
अबध्यinvulnerable / not to be slain
अबध्य:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-बध्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अस्तिis / exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
शस्त्रby weapon(s)
शस्त्र:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशस्त्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
व्याधिby disease
व्याधि:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootव्याधि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
क्षुधाby hunger
क्षुधा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुधा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
आश्रयम्resort / dependence
आश्रयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआश्रय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
देवेभ्यःfrom the gods
देवेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Ablative, Plural
दानवेभ्यःfrom the Dānavas (demons)
दानवेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदानव
FormMasculine, Ablative, Plural
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
नागेभ्यःfrom the Nāgas (serpents)
नागेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Ablative, Plural
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
कथंचनin any way / at all
कथंचन:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन

व्यास उवाच

Y
Yama
D
Devas
D
Dānavas
N
Nāgas

Educational Q&A

When death’s power (Yama’s bond) is inevitable, ordinary sources of fear—violence, illness, hunger, or even mighty beings—lose their hold; the verse points to the limits of worldly terror and the certainty of mortality.

Vyāsa delivers a reflective statement amid the grim aftermath of the night-raid context of the Sauptika Parva, emphasizing that once death has seized a being, external threats no longer matter—framing the devastation with a philosophical lens.