Shloka 60

Devanagari script

दारितश्न स वज़ेण महायोगी महासुर: । जगाम परम॑ स्थान विष्णोरमिततेजस:,वज्से विदीर्ण हुआ महायोगी एवं महान्‌ असुर वृत्र अमिततेजस्वी भगवान्‌ विष्णुके परम धामको चला गया

Transliteration

dāritaḥ sa vajreṇa mahāyogī mahāsuraḥ | jagāma paramaṁ sthānaṁ viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ ||

Translation

వజ్రంతో చీల్చబడిన ఆ మహాయోగి, మహాసురుడైన వృత్రుడు, అమితతేజస్సుగల భగవాన్ విష్ణువు యొక్క పరమధామానికి వెళ్లిపోయాడు।

Word by Word

दारितःsplit, torn asunder

सःhe

वज्रेणby the thunderbolt

महायोगीthe great yogin

महासुरःthe great asura (demon)

जगामwent

परमम्supreme

स्थानम्abode, place

विष्णोःof Viṣṇu

अमिततेजसःof immeasurable splendor

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Vṛtra

Viṣṇu

Vajra (Indra’s thunderbolt)

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?

Spiritual attainment and divine destiny are not determined solely by one’s outward category (Deva/Asura) or by dying in conflict; inner yogic stature and alignment with the Supreme can lead even a fallen foe to the highest abode of Viṣṇu.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recounts that Vṛtra, struck and split by the vajra, dies but—being described as a great yogin—does not fall into a lower fate; instead he departs to the supreme realm of the radiant Lord Viṣṇu.