Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 93 - Mahabharata | German | Vedapath

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Shloka 93

Devanagari script

अमानी मानदो मान्यो लोकस्वामी त्रिलोकधृक्‌ । सुमेधा मेधजो धन्य: सत्यमेधा धराधर:

Transliteration

amānī mānado mānyo lokasvāmī trilokadhṛk | sumedhā medhajo dhanyaḥ satyamedhā dharādharaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Er verlangt keine Ehre für sich, und doch verleiht er anderen Ehre; er ist der Verehrung würdig. Er ist der Herr der Welten, der Träger der drei Bereiche. Mit vortrefflicher Einsicht begabt, im Opfer offenbar, stets gesegnet und des Dankes würdig, von wahrer und edler Erkenntnis, trägt er die Erde — so wird der Höchste durch diese Beinamen gepriesen.“

Word by Word

अमानीnot seeking honor; humble

मानदःgiver of honor (to others)

मान्यःworthy of respect; venerable

लोकस्वामीlord of the worlds

त्रिलोकधृक्supporter of the three worlds

सुमेधाःof excellent intelligence

मेधजःborn from sacrifice; sprung from a yajña

धन्यःblessed; fortunate; praiseworthy

सत्यमेधाःwhose intellect is true (and excellent)

धराधरःsupporter of the earth

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

the Supreme Lord (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa implied by epithets)

three worlds (triloka)

earth (dharā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the ideal of divine and ethical greatness: true supremacy is marked by humility (not craving honor) while actively honoring others, and by sustaining the world through wisdom, truth, and righteous order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs and extols the Supreme through a sequence of divine names/epithets (as in the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma context), explaining qualities of the Lord who governs and upholds the cosmos and is present in sacrificial worship.