Shloka 116
Devanagari script
बभूव रूपमत्युग्रं सर्वभूतात्मनस्तदा । इस प्रकार पिशाच, नाग तथा राक्षसोंका संहार करनेवाले सर्वभूतात्मा भगवान् श्रीकृष्णका स्वरूप उस समय बड़ा भयंकर जान पड़ता था
Transliteration
babhūva rūpam atyugraṁ sarvabhūtātmanas tadā |
Translation
毗湿摩波耶那说：那时，主——住于一切众生之内的自性（萨尔瓦布胡塔特曼），并诛灭毗舍遮、那伽与罗刹者——其形相显得极其凶烈可怖。
Word by Word
बभूवbecame/was
बभूव:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट, 3, singular
रूपम्form/appearance
रूपम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
अति-उग्रम्exceedingly fierce/terrible
अति-उग्रम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formneuter, nominative, singular
सर्व-भूत-आत्मनःof the Self/Soul of all beings
सर्व-भूत-आत्मनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूतात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
तदाthen/at that time
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
Formtrue
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaS
Sarvabhūtātman (the indwelling Self of all beings)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that the divine, though the inner Self of all beings, may manifest a fearsome form when restoring dharma—fierceness here serves protection and the removal of destructive forces rather than cruelty.
The narrator describes a moment when the Lord’s appearance becomes extraordinarily terrifying, signaling imminent or ongoing subjugation of harmful beings and the assertion of moral-cosmic order.