Shloka 9
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 69: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reverential Address to Sañjaya on Vāsudeva
हर्षात् सुखात् सुखैश्वर्याद्धूषीकेशत्वम श्रुते । बाहुभ्यां रोदसी बिश्रन्महाबाहुरिति स्मृतः
sañjaya uvāca | harṣāt sukhāt sukha-aiśvaryād hṛṣīkeśatvam aśrute | bāhubhyāṃ rodasī viśran mahābāhur iti smṛtaḥ ||
قال سانجيا: «من الفرح والسعادة، ومن امتلاك السعادة والرخاء ذي السيادة، يُسمَع أنه يحمل اسم هṛṣīkeśa (هريشيكيشا). ولأنه بذراعَيه يسند العالَمَين—الأرض والسماء—يُذكَر باسم Mahābāhu (مهاباھو)، أي “عظيم الذراعين”.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames divine names as meaningful descriptors: Hṛṣīkeśa signifies lordship grounded in joy, well-being, and sovereign prosperity, while Mahābāhu conveys the power to sustain the cosmos. Ethically, it encourages seeing authority as rooted in beneficent strength and world-supporting responsibility rather than mere domination.
Sañjaya is describing and praising the Lord (identified by epithets such as Hṛṣīkeśa and Mahābāhu), explaining why these names are traditionally applied—because he embodies blissful sovereignty and is imagined as upholding earth and sky with his arms.