Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अमृतांशूद्धवो भानु: शशबिन्दु: सुरेश्वर: । औषध॑ जगत: सेतु: सत्यधर्मपराक्रम:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bhānuḥ śaśabinduḥ sureśvaraḥ | auṣadhaṃ jagataḥ setuḥ satyadharmaparākramaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma dijo: Él es el Resplandeciente que hizo surgir la Luna portadora de néctar; el Sol fulgurante; la Luna marcada con la liebre; el Señor de los dioses. Es la medicina que sana al mundo, el puente que conduce a los seres a través del océano de la existencia mundana, y aquel cuyo poder se asienta en la verdad y el dharma.

Word by Word

• अमृतांशूद्धवः: the source/origin of the nectar-rayed one (i.e., of the Moon)
• अमृतांशूद्धवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृतांशूद्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भानुः: the Sun; the shining one
• भानुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शशबिन्दुः: the Moon marked with a hare (hare-marked one)
• शशबिन्दुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशबिन्दु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुरेश्वरः: lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• औषधम्: medicine; remedy
• औषधम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सेतुः: bridge; causeway
• सेतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यधर्मपराक्रमः: one whose (qualities are) truth, dharma, and valor
• सत्यधर्मपराक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यधर्मपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Surya (Bhanu, the Sun)
• Chandra/Soma (Shashabindu, the Moon)
• Devas (gods)
• Amrita (nectar)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the divine as the sustaining power behind cosmic lights (Sun and Moon) and as the moral force that heals and carries the world across suffering; true strength (parākrama) is portrayed as inseparable from satya (truth) and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues a hymn-like enumeration of divine names and functions, describing the deity through cosmic roles (Sun/Moon), sovereignty over the gods, and ethical guardianship as the world’s remedy and bridge.