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Shloka 13

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे लोके नष्टे स्थावरजड़मे । नष्टे देवासुरगणे समुत्सन्नमहोरगे,(महाप्रलयके समय) जब सूर्य, अग्नि, वायु, चन्द्रमा, अन्तरिक्ष और पृथ्वी आदिमेंसे कोई भी शेष नहीं रह जाता, समस्त चराचर जगत्‌ उस एकार्णवके जलमें डूबकर अदृश्य हो जाता है, देवता और असुर नष्ट हो जाते हैं तथा बड़े-बड़े नागोंका संहार हो जाता है, उस समय कमल और उत्पलमें निवास तथा शयन करनेवाले सर्वभूतेश्वर अमितात्मा ब्रह्माजीके पास रहकर केवल आप ही उनकी उपासना करते हैं

tasminn ekārṇave loke naṣṭe sthāvarajaḍame | naṣṭe devāsuragaṇe samutsannamahorage ||

毗湿摩波耶那说道:当世界化作一海,凡一切固定与沉滞之物尽皆灭亡;当诸天与阿修罗之众被毁,连巨大的龙蛇亦被荡尽——在那大劫坏灭之中,日、火、风、月、空、地皆无所存。动与不动的一切众生沉入那唯一的洪流,隐没不见。其时,具无量自性的梵天(Brahmā)——万有之主——仍然存在;而唯有对他的虔敬供奉得以延续。

तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
एकार्णवेin the single ocean (one flood)
एकार्णवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootएकार्णव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
नष्टेwhen (it is) destroyed
नष्टे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनश्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular
स्थावरजङ्गमेin (all) the immobile and mobile beings
स्थावरजङ्गमे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्थावरजङ्गम
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नष्टेwhen (they are) destroyed
नष्टे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनश्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular
देवासुरगणेin the host of gods and asuras
देवासुरगणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवासुरगण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
समुत्सन्नेwhen (it is) annihilated/utterly destroyed
समुत्सन्ने:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उत्-√सद्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular
महोरगेin the great serpents
महोरगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहोरग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
Devas
A
Asuras
M
Mahoragas (great serpents/Nāgas)
E
Ekārṇava (cosmic ocean)

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes impermanence: even gods, asuras, and primeval beings are swept away in cosmic dissolution. What remains meaningful is orientation toward the supreme principle (here framed as Brahmā/Īśvara) through devotion and contemplation, rather than reliance on worldly status or power.

Vaiśampāyana describes the scene of mahāpralaya: the cosmos collapses into a single ocean, and all categories of beings—immovable and moving, divine and demonic, even great serpents—are destroyed or disappear beneath the waters.