Mahabharata · 1.219.8–9
॥
Devanāgarī
तथा तु निघ्नतस् तस्य सर्वसत्त्वानि भारत ॥
बभूव रूपम् अत्युग्रं सर्वभूतात्मनस् तदा ॥
समेतानां च देवानां दानवानां च सर्वशः ॥
विजेता नाभवत् कश् चित् कृष्णपाण्डवयोर् मृधे ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tathā tu nighnatas tasya sarvasattvāni bhārata ||
babhūva rūpam atyugraṃ sarvabhūtātmanas tadā ||
sametānāṃ ca devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ ||
vijetā nābhavat kaś cit kṛṣṇapāṇḍavayor mṛdhe ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तथा तु निघ्नतः तस्य सर्वसत्त्वानि भारतtathā tu nighnataḥ tasya sarvasattvāni bhārataupon him, thus slaying all creatures, O Bharata,
बभूव रूपम् अत्युग्रं सर्वभूतात्मनः तदाbabhūva rūpam atyugraṃ sarvabhūtātmanaḥ tadāhis form became exceedingly terrible, his, the Soul of all beings, then;
समेतानां च देवानां दानवानां च सर्वशःsametānāṃ ca devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥamong all the gathered gods and danavas, in every way,
विजेता न अभवत् कः चित् कृष्णपाण्डवयोः मृधेvijetā na abhavat kaḥ cit kṛṣṇapāṇḍavayoḥ mṛdhethere was no one who could conquer Krishna and the Pandava in battle;
निघ्नतस्nighnatasoriginal form "nighnatas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वभूतात्मनस्sarvabhūtātmanasoriginal form "sarvabhūtātmanas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाभवत्nābhavatoriginal form "nābhavat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कश्kaśoriginal form "kaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृष्णपाण्डवयोर्kṛṣṇapāṇḍavayororiginal form "kṛṣṇapāṇḍavayor", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
"Upon him, thus slaying all creatures, O Bharata, his form became exceedingly terrible, his, the Soul of all beings, then; among all the gathered gods and danavas, in every way, there was no one who could conquer Krishna and the Pandava in battle."
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Here Krishna is called the "Soul of all beings" [sarva-bhutatma]. This name is significant: the Lord is the inner Soul of all that exists, and His terrible countenance is but one manifestation of His all-encompassing nature. Here is an indication of Krishna's supreme, all-pervading essence. So does scripture reveal the Lord's divinity; and therefore no one can conquer Him.