Shloka 14

Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa

Assembly Hymn of Many Names

Devanagari script

गभस्तिनेमि: श्रीपद्म: पुष्कर: पुष्पधारण: । ऋशभेुर्विभु: सर्वसूक्ष्मश्षारित्रं चैव पठ्यसे,“आप ही गभस्तिनेमि (कालचक्र), श्रीपद्, पुष्कर, पुष्पधारी, ऋभु, विभु, सर्वथा सूक्ष्म और सदाचार स्वरूप कहलाते हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | gabhastinemiḥ śrīpadaḥ puṣkaraḥ puṣpadhāraṇaḥ | ṛbhur vibhuḥ sarvasūkṣmaḥ sadācāraḥ svarūpaś caiva paṭhyase ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “You are praised and recited by these names—Gabhastinemi (the radiant-rimmed one, like the wheel of time), Śrīpada (he whose feet are auspicious), Puṣkara (lotus-like, pure), Puṣpadhāraṇa (the bearer of flowers), Ṛbhu (the skilful, wondrous one), Vibhu (the all-pervading lord), the supremely subtle, and the very embodiment of good conduct (sadācāra).”

Word by Word

गभस्तिनेमिःGabhastinemi (the one whose rim is rays; epithet, often of the Sun/Time-wheel)

श्रीपद्मःŚrīpadma (auspicious lotus; epithet)

पुष्करःPuṣkara (lotus; also a name/epithet)

पुष्पधारणःflower-bearing / holder of flowers

ऋभुःṚbhu (name/epithet; the skillful one)

विभुःall-pervading, mighty

सर्वसूक्ष्मःentirely subtle / subtle in every way

शारित्रम्good conduct / virtuous character

चand

एवindeed, just

पठ्यसेyou are read/recited/called

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Gabhastinemi

Śrīpada

Puṣkara

Puṣpadhāraṇa

Ṛ

Ṛbhu

Vibhu

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes