Shloka 8

Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman

Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra

Devanagari script

तथैव चान्ये बहवो दानवा युद्धदुर्मदा: । न सहन्ते सम देवानां समृद्धि तामनुत्तमाम्‌

Transliteration

tathaiva cānye bahavo dānavā yuddha-durmadāḥ | na sahante sama devānāṃ samṛddhiṃ tām anuttamām ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“同样地，许多其他达那婆也因战事而骄狂，无法忍受诸天与他们并立的地位，以及诸天那无与伦比的昌盛。”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दानवाः: Daityas/Danavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युद्ध-दुर्मदाः: arrogant/maddened due to war
• युद्ध-दुर्मदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धदुर्मद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सहन्ते: they endure/tolerate
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• समाम्: equal
• समाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समृद्धिम्: prosperity, success
• समृद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुत्तमाम्: unsurpassed, supreme
• अनुत्तमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Dānavas
• Devas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked martial pride and envy make one unable to tolerate others’ legitimate prosperity; such intolerance fuels adharma and conflict against the established cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues describing how various Dānavas, emboldened by warfare, resent the gods’ flourishing status and cannot bear their superior prosperity, setting the stage for hostility.