Shloka 67
सोमपो<मृतप: सोम: पुरुजित् पुरुसत्तम: । विनयो जय: सत्यसंधो दाशार्ह: सात्वतां पति:
bhīṣma uvāca | somapo'mṛtapāḥ somaḥ purujit puruṣottamaḥ | vinayo jayaḥ satyasaṃdho dāśārhaḥ sātvatāṃ patiḥ ||
Dijo Bhīṣma: Él es el bebedor de Soma; el bebedor de la inmortalidad; y Soma mismo. Es el conquistador de muchos y la Persona Suprema. Es disciplina—quien humilla y refrena a los malvados; es la Victoria misma. Es infaliblemente fiel a sus votos. Nacido en la estirpe Dāśārha, es el señor de los Sātvatas (los Yādavas) y el dueño de sus devotos.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that divine greatness is not merely power to win (jaya, purujit) but also moral steadiness—truth to one’s vows (satyasaṃdha) and the capacity to discipline and correct wrongdoing (vinaya). Sovereignty is portrayed as ethical governance aligned with dharma.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira and reciting a sequence of divine epithets (as in the tradition of the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma). This verse lists several names praising the Lord—linking sacrificial imagery (Soma, amṛta) with kingship, victory, and unwavering truth.