महाभारत · 1.1.39
॥
देवनागरी
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छतानि च ।
त्रयस्त्रिंशच् च देवानां सृष्टिः संक्षेपलक्षणा ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
trayastriṃśatsahasrāṇi trayastriṃśacchatāni ca |
trayastriṃśac ca devānāṃ sṛṣṭiḥ saṃkṣepalakṣaṇā ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणिtrayastriṃśat-sahasrāṇithirty-three thousand
त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छतानिtrayastriṃśat-śatānithirty-three hundred
चcaand
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्trayastriṃśatthirty-three
चcaand
देवानाम्devānāmof gods
सृष्टिःsṛṣṭiḥcreation; the act of creation
संक्षेपलक्षणाsaṃkṣepa-lakṣaṇāin brief summary; described in short
त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणिtrayastriṃśatsahasrāṇioriginal form «trayastriṃśatsahasrāṇi», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छतानिtrayastriṃśacchatānioriginal form «trayastriṃśacchatāni», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
त्रयस्त्रिंशच्trayastriṃśacoriginal form «trayastriṃśac», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
देवानांdevānāṃoriginal form «devānāṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
संक्षेपलक्षणाsaṃkṣepalakṣaṇāoriginal form «saṃkṣepalakṣaṇā», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
अनुवाद
Thirty-three thousand, thirty-three hundred, and thirty-three — such, in brief summary, is the number of the created gods.
संस्करण
cd259389b205 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 2:16:08 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here is given the traditional count of the gods, expanded from the sacred number “thirty-three.” Suta presents it “in brief” (saṃkṣepa). What matters most to remember is this: however numerous the gods may be, all of them are created beings (sṛṣṭi), countable and finite, having proceeded from a single primary cause. They are the mighty servants of the Supreme, not the Supreme Himself, who is uncountable and immeasurable. Thus even a listing of the celestials turns the mind back to Him from whom they all proceeded — to the Lord.