Shloka 79

Devanagari script

स्वक्ष: स्वड़: शतानन्दो नन्दिज्योतिर्गणेश्वर: | विजितात्माविधेयात्मा सत्कीर्तिश्छिन्न संशय:

Transliteration

svakṣaḥ svaṅgaḥ śatānando nandijyotirgaṇeśvaraḥ | vijitātmāvidheyātmā satkīrtiś chinnasaṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: He is the one with captivating eyes and exquisitely beautiful limbs; the very embodiment of manifold, ever-renewing bliss; the auspicious light and the lord of the hosts of luminaries. His inner self is fully mastered, his true nature is beyond the reach of description, his fame is genuine, and all doubt about him is cut away.

Word by Word

• स्वक्षः: one with beautiful eyes
• स्वक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वङ्गः: one with beautiful/pleasing limbs
• स्वङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतानन्दः: hundredfold joy; one whose joy is manifold
• शतानन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दि-ज्योतिः-गणेश्वरः: lord of the hosts of lights (stars/constellations)
• नन्दि-ज्योतिः-गणेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गणेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजितात्मा: one who has conquered the self (mind-controlled)
• विजितात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजित (कृदन्त, √जि) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अविधेयात्मा: one whose true nature is indescribable/undefinable
• अविधेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविधेय (कृदन्त/विशेषण) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्कीर्तिः: one of true fame
• सत्कीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिन्नसंशयः: one whose doubts are cut off; free from all doubt
• छिन्नसंशयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न (कृदन्त, √छिद्) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest object of reverence is characterized not only by cosmic sovereignty and beauty but also by ethical-spiritual qualities: mastery over the inner self, an ineffable nature beyond conceptual capture, and a certainty that removes doubt—encouraging the listener to pursue dharma with clarity and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing and praising the divine through a sequence of epithets. This verse is part of that laudatory enumeration, presenting a compact portrait of the deity’s attributes—bliss, auspicious radiance, lordship over the luminaries, self-conquest, and freedom from doubt.