Shloka 7

Bhīṣma’s Hymn to Viṣṇu and Kṛṣṇa’s Criteria for Divine Self-Disclosure

Devanagari script

दिवं ते शिरसा व्याप्तं पद्धयां देवी वसुन्धरा । दिशो भुजा रविश्वक्षुवीर्ये शुक्र: प्रतिष्ठित:,स्वर्गलोेक आपके मस्तकसे और वसुन्धरा देवी आपके पैरोंसे व्याप्त हैं। दिशाएँ आपकी भुजाएँ हैं। सूर्य नेत्र हैं और शुक्राचार्य आपके वीर्यमें प्रतिष्ठित हैं

Transliteration

divaṃ te śirasā vyāptaṃ pṛthivyāṃ devī vasundharā | diśo bhujā raviś cakṣuḥ vīrye śukraḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Heaven is spread over Your head, and the goddess Earth (Vasundharā) extends beneath Your feet. The directions are Your arms; the Sun is Your eye; and Śukra is established in Your vital potency (vīrya).”

Word by Word

दिवम्heaven, sky

तेyour

शिरसाby/with (your) head

व्याप्तम्pervaded, covered

पद्भ्याम्by/with (your) two feet

देवीthe goddess

वसुन्धराthe Earth

दिशःthe directions

भुजाःarms

रविःthe Sun

अक्षिeye

वीर्येin (your) potency/energy

शुक्रःŚukra (Venus/Śukrācārya)

प्रतिष्ठितःis established, is stationed

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Diva (Heaven)

Vasundharā (Earth goddess)

Diśaḥ (Directions/quarters)

Ravi (Sun)

Śukra (Śukrācārya/Venus)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes