Shloka 79

Devanagari script

स्वक्ष: स्वड़: शतानन्दो नन्दिज्योतिर्गणेश्वर: | विजितात्माविधेयात्मा सत्कीर्तिश्छिन्न संशय:,६१५ स्वक्ष:-मनोहर कृपाकटाक्षसे युक्त परम सुन्दर आँखोंवाले, ६१६ स्वज्भ:- अतिशय कोमल, परम सुन्दर, मनोहर अंगोंवाले, ६१७ शतानन्द:-लीलाभेदसे सैकड़ों विभागोंमें विभक्त आनन्दस्वरूप, ६१८ नन्दि:-परमानन्दस्वरूप, ६१९ ज्योतिर्गणेश्वुर:- नक्षत्रसमुदायोंके ईश्वर, ६२० विजितात्मा-जिते हुए मनवाले, ६२१ अविधेयात्मा-जिनके असली स्वरूपका किसी प्रकार भी वर्णन नहीं किया जा सके--ऐसे अनिर्वचनीयस्वरूप, ६२२ सत्कीर्ति:-सच्ची कीर्तिवाले, ६२३ छिन्नसंशय:-सब प्रकारके संशयोंसे रहित

Transliteration

svakṣaḥ svaṅgaḥ śatānando nandijyotirgaṇeśvaraḥ | vijitātmāvidheyātmā satkīrtiś chinnasaṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: هو ذو عينين آسرتين وأعضاء في غاية الحسن؛ وهو تجسيدُ البهجة المتعددة المتجددة على الدوام؛ وهو النورُ المبارك وربُّ جموع الأنوار. قد قهر باطنَه قهرًا تامًّا، وحقيقته فوق الوصف، وذكرُه صادق، وكلُّ شكٍّ فيه مقطوع.

Word by Word

• स्वक्षः: one with beautiful eyes
• स्वक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वङ्गः: one with beautiful/pleasing limbs
• स्वङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतानन्दः: hundredfold joy; one whose joy is manifold
• शतानन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दि-ज्योतिः-गणेश्वरः: lord of the hosts of lights (stars/constellations)
• नन्दि-ज्योतिः-गणेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गणेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजितात्मा: one who has conquered the self (mind-controlled)
• विजितात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजित (कृदन्त, √जि) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अविधेयात्मा: one whose true nature is indescribable/undefinable
• अविधेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविधेय (कृदन्त/विशेषण) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्कीर्तिः: one of true fame
• सत्कीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिन्नसंशयः: one whose doubts are cut off; free from all doubt
• छिन्नसंशयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न (कृदन्त, √छिद्) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest object of reverence is characterized not only by cosmic sovereignty and beauty but also by ethical-spiritual qualities: mastery over the inner self, an ineffable nature beyond conceptual capture, and a certainty that removes doubt—encouraging the listener to pursue dharma with clarity and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing and praising the divine through a sequence of epithets. This verse is part of that laudatory enumeration, presenting a compact portrait of the deity’s attributes—bliss, auspicious radiance, lordship over the luminaries, self-conquest, and freedom from doubt.