Shloka 2

Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)

Devanagari script

साध्यानामपि देवानां देवदेवेश्वर: प्रभु: । लोकभावनभावज्ञ इति त्वां नारदोडब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

sādhyānām api devānāṁ devadeveśvaraḥ prabhuḥ | lokabhāvanabhāvajña iti tvāṁ nārado ’bravīt ||

Translation

آپ سادھیوں اور دیوتاؤں کے بھی مالک، دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا، پروردگار ہیں۔ آپ جہانوں کے احوال اور جانداروں کے دلوں کے بھید جاننے والے ہیں—نارد نے آپ کے بارے میں یوں ہی کہا ہے۔

Word by Word

• साध्यानाम्: of the Sādhyas
• साध्यानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• देवदेवेश्वरः: Lord of the gods (God of gods)
• देवदेवेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेवेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the Lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकभावनभावज्ञः: knower of the inner feelings of the world
• लोकभावनभावज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकभावनभावज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Nārada
• Sādhyas
• Devas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the supremacy and omniscience of the addressed Lord: He is higher than all classes of gods and knows the inner motives and feelings of beings, implying that true authority is grounded in complete moral and psychological insight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, speaking on the battlefield context of the Bhishma Parva, offers a eulogy identifying the addressed figure as the supreme divine ruler, citing Nārada’s testimony to validate this exalted status.