Shloka 126

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

योअसौ योनिर्हि सर्वस्य स्थावरस्य चरस्य च । जिनके प्रसादसे ब्रह्मा और क्रोधसे रुद्र प्रकट हुए हैं, वे श्रीहरि ही सम्पूर्ण चराचर जगतकी उत्पत्तिके कारण हैं

Transliteration

yo 'sau yonir hi sarvasya sthāvarasya carasya ca | yasya prasādād brahmā ca krodhād rudraḥ prajāyate, sa śrīhariḥ sarva-carācara-jagata utpatti-kāraṇam ||

Translation

阿周那说：那一位确是真正的胎藏与本源，是一切存在——不动者与动者——的根基；因其恩德，梵天显现；由其威怒，鲁陀罗出生。唯有圣哈利（Śrī Hari）才是整个宇宙——一切运动与一切不动——之起源的原因。

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असौ: that (well-known/that very one)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योनिः: source, womb, origin
• योनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्थावरस्य: of the immovable (beings)
• स्थावरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• चरस्य: of the movable (beings)
• चरस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Śrī Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Brahmā
• Rudra (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

All existence—moving and unmoving—has a single ultimate source: Śrī Hari. Even major cosmic functions and deities (creation via Brahmā and transformative destruction via Rudra) are presented as arising from that one supreme principle through grace and wrath, emphasizing unity behind diverse powers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna is speaking in praise and theological clarification, identifying the supreme cause of the universe. He asserts that Brahmā manifests through the Lord’s favor and Rudra through the Lord’s fierce energy, thereby locating the cosmos and its governing powers within Śrī Hari as the ultimate origin.