Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 44 - Mahabharata | English | Vedapath

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Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अमृतांशूद्धवो भानु: शशबिन्दु: सुरेश्वर: । औषध॑ जगत: सेतु: सत्यधर्मपराक्रम:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bhānuḥ śaśabinduḥ sureśvaraḥ | auṣadhaṃ jagataḥ setuḥ satyadharmaparākramaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: He is the radiant one who brought forth the nectar-bearing Moon; the shining Sun; the Moon marked with the hare; the Lord of the gods. He is the healing medicine for the world, the bridge that carries beings across the ocean of worldly existence, and the one whose might is grounded in truth and dharma.

Word by Word

अमृतांशूद्धवःthe source/origin of the nectar-rayed one (i.e., of the Moon)

भानुःthe Sun; the shining one

शशबिन्दुःthe Moon marked with a hare (hare-marked one)

सुरेश्वरःlord of the gods

औषधम्medicine; remedy

जगतःof the world

सेतुःbridge; causeway

सत्यधर्मपराक्रमःone whose (qualities are) truth, dharma, and valor

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (speaker)

Surya (Bhanu, the Sun)

Chandra/Soma (Shashabindu, the Moon)

Devas (gods)

Amrita (nectar)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 divine as the sustaining power behind cosmic lights (Sun and Moon) and as the moral force that heals and carries the world across suffering; true strength (parākrama) is portrayed as inseparable from satya (truth) and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues a hymn-like enumeration of divine names and functions, describing the deity through cosmic roles (Sun/Moon), sovereignty over the gods, and ethical guardianship as the world’s remedy and bridge.