Shloka 48

भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः

Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify

Devanagari script

जय विश्व महादेव जय लोकहिते रत । जय योगीश्वर विभो जय योगपरावर,विश्वरूप महादेव! आपकी जय हो, लोकहितमें लगे रहनेवाले परमेश्वर! आपकी जय हो। सर्वत्र व्याप्त रहनेवाले योगीश्वर! आपकी जय हो। योगके आदि और अन्त! आपकी जय हो

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | jaya viśva-mahādeva jaya loka-hite rata | jaya yogīśvara vibho jaya yoga-parāvara-viśvarūpa mahādeva |

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Khải hoàn thay Ngài, Mahādeva bao trùm khắp vũ trụ. Khải hoàn thay Ngài, Đấng luôn tận tụy vì lợi ích của các thế giới. Khải hoàn thay Ngài, Chúa tể của các yogin, bậc uy lực và hiện hữu khắp nơi. Khải hoàn thay Ngài, Đấng là khởi nguyên và chung cuộc của Yoga—Mahādeva mang hình tướng vũ trụ.”

Word by Word

• जय: victory; hail!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)

• विश्व: O All/Universe (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, vocative (used as name-epithet), singular

• महादेव: O Mahādeva (Great God)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जय: hail!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)

• लोकहिते: in the welfare of the world
• लोकहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• रत: engaged; devoted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √रम्)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जय: hail!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)

• योगीश्वर: O Lord of Yogins
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• विभो: O all-pervading one; O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जय: hail!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/निपात)

• योगपरावर: O one who is the farther and nearer end of yoga; O beginning-and-end of yoga
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगपरावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Mahadeva (Shiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dharmic devotion through stuti: recognizing the divine as universal, benevolent toward all beings, and the supreme source and culmination of yogic discipline. Ethically, it elevates loka-hita (the welfare of the world) as a divine attribute worthy of imitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses Mahadeva (Shiva) with repeated acclamations of victory, offering a hymn-like salutation that emphasizes Shiva’s cosmic pervasiveness, his concern for the world’s good, and his identity as the lord and ultimate horizon of yoga.