Shloka 13

Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline

Devanagari script

परितुष्टो भवाम्येवं मानुषाणां महात्मनाम्‌ | तन्मां ये पूजयिष्यन्ति नास्ति तेषां पराभव:

Transliteration

parituṣṭo bhavāmy evaṁ mānuṣāṇāṁ mahātmanām | tan māṁ ye pūjayiṣyanti nāsti teṣāṁ parābhavaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “In this way I become fully satisfied with noble-souled human beings. Those who will worship me—there is no defeat for them.”

Word by Word

• परितुष्टः: fully satisfied
• परितुष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परितुष्ट (तुष्-धातु से क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवामि: I become / I am
• भवामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• मानुषाणाम्: of humans
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महात्मनाम्: of great-souled (persons)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तत्: therefore / that (then)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Simple Future, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: there is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेषाम्: for them / of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पराभवः: defeat, downfall
• पराभवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma links sincere honor/worship (pūjā) of the worthy with ethical strength and auspicious outcomes, stating that such reverence brings his satisfaction and guards the devotee from ‘parābhava’—defeat or downfall.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira. Here he declares that he is pleased with noble humans who act in the prescribed manner, and he promises that those who worship/honor him will not meet defeat.