Shloka 36

Devanagari script

गणित: पज्चवीर्यश्रु आदित्यो रश्मिवांस्तथा । सप्तकृत्‌ सोमवर्चाश्च विश्वकृत्‌ कविरेव च

Transliteration

gaṇitaḥ pañcavīryaśru ādityo raśmivāṁs tathā | saptakṛt somavarcāś ca viśvakṛt kavir eva ca ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Er wird Gaṇita genannt; ebenso Pañcavīryaśru; er ist Āditya, der Strahlende, und Raśmivān, ‚der von Strahlen erfüllt ist‘. Ferner ist er bekannt als Saptakṛt, Somavarcā, ‚mondglänzend‘, Viśvakṛt, ‚Schöpfer von allem‘, und Kavi, ‚der weise Seher‘.“

Word by Word

पञ्चवीर्यश्रुःone whose fame/glory is fivefold in potency

आदित्यःthe Sun (Āditya)

रश्मिवान्radiant; possessing rays

तथाand also; likewise

सप्तकृत्the seven-times-doer; sevenfold performer

सोमवर्चाःone having Soma-like splendor

चand

विश्वकृत्maker of all; creator of the universe

कविःsage; seer; poet

एवindeed; just

चand

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Āditya (Sun)

Soma (Moon)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models devotional and ethical remembrance through nāma-saṅkīrtana: enumerating divine epithets that highlight radiance, creative power, and wisdom, encouraging reverence for the cosmic source that upholds order (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction, he recites a sequence of honorific names/epithets—solar, lunar, creative, and sage-like—functioning as a litany of praise within his broader discourse on righteous conduct and sacred observances.