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Shloka 36

गुरुर्गुरुतमो धाम सत्य: सत्यपराक्रम: । निमिषो5निमिष: सत्रग्वी वाचस्पतिरुदारथी:

gurur gurutamo dhāma satyaḥ satyaparākramaḥ | nimiṣo'nimiṣaḥ sragvī vācaspatir udāradhīḥ ||

قال بهيشما: هو الغورو—المعلّم الأعلى؛ أسمى المعلّمين؛ وهو المأوى والملجأ لكل الوجود. هو الحقّ ذاته، وبأسُه لا يَخيب. هو الذي تُغمَض عيناه في سبات اليوغا، وهو أيضًا الذي لا يَرمُش، متجليًا في هيئة السمكة. يلبس إكليل الظفر، وبصفته ربّ الكلمة والمعرفة (فاجَسْپَتي)، يملك عقلًا نبيلًا مُنيرًا يُظهر الحقائق كما هي.

गुरुःteacher; spiritual preceptor
गुरुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुरुतमःthe greatest (most venerable)
गुरुतमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुरुतम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धामabode; support; seat (of all)
धाम:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधामन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सत्यःtrue; truth-embodied
सत्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सत्यपराक्रमःwhose prowess is unfailing/true
सत्यपराक्रमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्यपराक्रम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निमिषःthe blinking one; (moment/closing of eyes)
निमिषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिमिष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनिमिषःunblinking
अनिमिषः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनिमिष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्रग्वीgarlanded; wearing a garland
स्रग्वी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्रग्विन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाचस्पतिःlord of speech; master of eloquence
वाचस्पतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवाचस्पति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उदारधीःof noble/exalted intellect
उदारधीः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउदारधी
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
M
Matsya (Fish incarnation)
V
Vaijayantī garland
B
Brahmā (implied by gloss)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches reverence for the Divine as the ultimate source of guidance and knowledge (guru, vācaspati), the ground of reality (dhāma, satya), and the protector whose power is effective and righteous (satyaparākrama). It frames devotion as recognizing many complementary attributes—stillness (yogic slumber) and vigilant protection (unblinking), transcendence and incarnation.

Bhīṣma is describing and praising the Supreme Being through a chain of epithets. The passage functions as a devotional catalogue of divine qualities, linking cosmic roles (refuge, truth) with mythic manifestation (Matsya) and symbolic marks (victory garland), within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and worship.