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Shloka 83

कामदेव: कामपाल: कामी कान्तः कृतागम: । अनिर्देश्यवपुर्विष्णुर्वीरोडनन्तो धनंजय:

kāmadevaḥ kāmapālaḥ kāmī kāntaḥ kṛtāgamaḥ | anirdeśyavapur viṣṇur vīro 'nanto dhanañjayaḥ ||

Dijo Bhīṣma: Se le llama Kāmadeva, el dios supremo que preside todos los deseos buscados por quienes persiguen los cuatro fines de la vida; Kāmapāla, quien cumple y protege los anhelos de los devotos movidos por el deseo; Kāmī, el que anhela a sus amados; Kānta, de forma supremamente encantadora; Kṛtāgama, autor y fundador de los Vedas y los śāstras; Anirdeśya-vapuḥ, cuyo cuerpo divino no puede describirse adecuadamente; Viṣṇu, el Señor que todo lo penetra; Vīra, el poderoso dotado de fuerza prodigiosa; Ananta, ilimitado en forma, poder, majestad y cualidades; y Dhanañjaya, el vencedor de riquezas—manifestado como Arjuna en la conquista de los cuatro rumbos.

कामदेवःthe god presiding over desires (Kāmadeva)
कामदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकामदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कामपालःprotector/fulfiller of desires
कामपालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकामपाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कामीdesirous; loving
कामी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकामिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कान्तःbeautiful; charming
कान्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतागमःauthor of the scriptures (āgamas)
कृतागमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतागम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनिर्देश्यवपुःof indescribable form/body
अनिर्देश्यवपुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनिर्देश्यवपुस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वीरःheroic; valiant
वीरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनन्तःendless; infinite
अनन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनन्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धनंजयःDhanañjaya (winner of wealth; Arjuna)
धनंजयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधनंजय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Viṣṇu
A
Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents a cluster of divine epithets to show that the Supreme (identified with Viṣṇu) is simultaneously the source of human aspirations (including desire), the fulfiller of devotees’ aims, the transcendent reality beyond description, and the limitless Lord—thus integrating worldly aims (puruṣārthas) within a dharmic, God-centered framework.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and devotion; here he continues a litany of names/glories of the Lord, explaining how various titles (Kāmadeva, Ananta, Dhanañjaya, etc.) apply to the same divine being and what each signifies.