Shloka 24

Devanagari script

लोकांश्व लभते पुण्यान्‌ विश्वेश्वरकृतान्‌ शुभान्‌ । एते देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्‌ सर्वभूतगणेश्वरा:

Transliteration

lokāṁś ca labhate puṇyān viśveśvarakṛtān śubhān | ete devās trayastriṁśat sarvabhūtaganeśvarāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Người ấy đạt đến những cõi lành và đầy công đức—những cảnh giới thánh thiện do Đấng Chúa Tể của vũ trụ tạo dựng. Ba mươi ba vị thần này là bậc chủ tể của mọi loài hữu tình.

Word by Word

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• पुण्यान्: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विश्वेश्वरकृतान्: made by the Lord of the universe
• विश्वेश्वरकृतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वेश्वरकृत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शुभान्: auspicious
• शुभान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिंशत्: thirty
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रिंशत्

• सर्वभूतगणेश्वराः: lords of the hosts of all beings
• सर्वभूतगणेश्वराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतगणेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Viśveśvara (Lord of the universe)
• Trayastriṃśat Devāḥ (the thirty-three gods)
• Puṇya-lokāḥ (meritorious worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous conduct yields access to meritorious, auspicious realms, and the cosmos is portrayed as governed by a structured divine order—here symbolized by the thirty-three deities who preside over all classes of beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma continues his instruction by describing the फल (result) of virtue: the attainment of holy worlds created by the supreme Lord, and he identifies the ‘thirty-three gods’ as overarching rulers within the cosmic hierarchy.