Shloka 9

Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa

Assembly Hymn of Many Names

Devanagari script

वरिष्ठ उग्रसेनानी: सत्यो वाजसनिर्गुह: । अच्युतश्न्यावनो<रीणां संस्कृतो विकृतिर्वष:,'सबसे श्रेष्ठ, भयंकर सेनापति, सत्यस्वरूप, अन्नदाता तथा स्वामी कार्तिकिय भी आप ही हैं। आप स्वयं कभी युद्धसे विचलित न होकर शत्रुओंको पीछे हटा देते हैं। संस्कार- सम्पन्न द्विज और संस्कारशून्य वर्णसंकर भी आपके ही स्वरूप हैं। आप कामनाओंकी वर्षा करनेवाले वृष (धर्म) हैं

Transliteration

variṣṭha ugra-senānīḥ satyo vāja-sannirguhaḥ | acyuta-śnyāvano 'rīṇāṃ saṃskṛto vikṛtir vṛṣaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “You are the foremost—a fierce commander of armies; you are Truth itself, and the giver of sustenance. You are also the lord Kārttikeya. Unshaken in battle, you drive the enemies back. Both the ritually refined twice-born and the unrefined, mixed-born are manifestations of you. You are the Bull of Dharma, who showers the fulfillment of desires.”

Word by Word

वरिष्ठःthe best, most excellent

उग्रसेनानीःthe fierce commander (general)

सत्यःtrue; embodiment of truth

वाजसनिर्गुहःprovider/bestower of food (lit. of sustenance)

अच्युतःAcyuta (the unfailing one)

श्न्यावनःone who does not swerve in battle (epithet; reading uncertain)

अरीणाम्of enemies

संस्कृतःrefined; well-formed; consecrated

विकृतिःalteration; deviation; distortion

वृषःbull; (by extension) Dharma

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)

Kārttikeya (Skanda)

enemies (arīṇām)

Dharma (vṛṣa as its emblem)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes