Mahabharata 3.175.12 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 175, Shloka 12

Bhīmasena’s Himalayan Hunt and Seizure by the Ajagara (भीमसेनस्य अजगरग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

दिष्ट्या च भगवान्‌ स्थाणुर्देव्या सह परंतप साक्षाद्‌ दृष्ट: स्वयुद्धेन तोषितश्न॒ त्वयानघ

Transliteration

diṣṭyā ca bhagavān sthāṇur devyā saha parantapa | sākṣād dṛṣṭaḥ svayuddhena toṣitaś ca tvayānagha ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Phúc lành quả thật ở cùng ngươi, hỡi kẻ thiêu đốt quân thù: ngươi đã được thấy trực diện Đấng Thánh Sthāṇu (Śiva), cùng với Nữ Thần. Và, hỡi người vô tội, ngươi đã làm Ngài hài lòng bằng chính dũng lực nơi chiến trận của mình. Đó là điềm cát tường tối thượng—ân sủng thiêng liêng giành được không bởi kiêu ngạo, mà bởi kỷ luật, dũng mãnh và lòng tôn kính.”

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately / by good luck
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental sense: 'by good fortune')

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• स्थाणुः: Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• स्थाणुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• देव्याः: with the Goddess
• देव्याः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, instrumental, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: Avyaya (governs instrumental)

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• साक्षात्: directly / in person
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात्
• Form: Avyaya

• दृष्टः: was seen / was beheld
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Past passive participle, masculine nominative singular

• स्वयुद्धेन: by your own fighting / by your battle
• स्वयुद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, instrumental, singular

• तोषितः: was pleased / satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष्
• Form: Past passive participle, masculine nominative singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Instrumental, singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śiva (Sthāṇu)
• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Arjuna (implied addressee: parantapa/anagha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True auspiciousness is divine grace earned through disciplined effort and reverent devotion: even martial excellence becomes ethically meaningful when it is aligned with humility and dharma, culminating in the Lord’s satisfaction rather than mere personal glory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Arjuna, celebrating his extraordinary fortune: Arjuna has directly seen Śiva (Sthāṇu) together with Pārvatī and has pleased Śiva through his own combat prowess—an allusion to the Kirāta encounter where Śiva tests and then blesses him.