Shloka 14

Devanagari script

भारत! तपस्याके धनी सिद्ध और विद्याधर भी वहाँ पशुपति महादेवजीकी उपासनामें तत्पर रहते थे ।। भूतानि च महाराज नानारूपधराण्यथ । राक्षसाश्च महारौद्रा: पिशाचाश्व॒ महाबला:

Transliteration

bhārata! tapasyāke dhanī siddhāḥ ca vidyādharāḥ api tatra paśupati-mahādevasyopāsane tatparāḥ āsan. bhūtāni ca mahārāja nānā-rūpa-dharāṇi atha; rākṣasāś ca mahā-raudrāḥ, piśācāś ca mahā-balāḥ.

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—اے بھرت ونشی! تپسیا کے دھن سے مالامال سِدھ اور ودیادھر بھی وہاں پشوپتی مہادیو کی عبادت میں مشغول رہتے تھے۔ اور اے مہاراج! وہاں طرح طرح کی صورتیں اختیار کرنے والے بھوت، نہایت ہیبت ناک راکشس اور بڑے زورآور پِشाच بھی موجود تھے۔

Word by Word

• भूतानि: beings, creatures
• भूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नानारूपधराणि: assuming various forms
• नानारूपधराणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नानारूपधर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अथ: then, moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• राक्षसाः: rakshasas, demons
• राक्षसाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महारौद्राः: very fierce, extremely terrible
• महारौद्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महारौद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पिशाचाः: piśācas, ghouls
• पिशाचाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाबलाः: very strong, mighty
• महाबलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Bharata (as lineage epithet)
• Mahārāja (address to the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Paśupati (Śiva)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Siddhas
• Vidyādharas
• Bhūtas
• Rākṣasas
• Piśācas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights Paśupati (Śiva) as a universal lord whose sphere includes all categories of beings. Devotion and sacred presence are portrayed as encompassing both exalted ascetics (Siddhas, Vidyādharas) and fearsome spirit-beings (Bhūtas, Rākṣasas, Piśācas), suggesting an ordered cosmos where even the terrifying has a place under divine sovereignty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a scene where various classes of beings are present and engaged around the worship of Mahādeva as Paśupati. Alongside accomplished celestial/ascetic beings, formidable and many-formed spirits and demons are also mentioned as being there, emphasizing the vast and awe-inspiring scope of the setting.