Shloka 82
कालनेमिनिहा वीर: शौरि: शूरजनेश्वर: । त्रिलोकात्मा त्रिलोकेश: केशव: केशिहा हरि:
kālaneminihā vīraḥ śauriḥ śūrajaneśvaraḥ | trilokātmā trilokeśaḥ keśavaḥ keśihā hariḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “He is the slayer of Kālanemi; a peerless hero; Śauri, born in the Śūra lineage; the lord among the mighty; the inner Self of the three worlds and the sovereign of the three worlds; Keśava; the slayer of Keśin; Hari, who removes sin by the mere act of remembrance.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches devotional recollection and theological recognition: Kṛṣṇa is praised as both a heroic protector who destroys demonic forces and as the indwelling Self and sovereign of the cosmos; remembering Hari is presented as ethically purifying, removing sin and strengthening dharmic orientation.
Bhīṣma, in the Anuśāsana Parva’s devotional and instructional context, recites a chain of divine epithets for Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu—linking mythic deeds (slaying Kālanemi and Keśin) with cosmic lordship (trilokātmā, trilokeśa) to extol him as the supreme refuge.