Shloka 2
Śānti Parva, Adhyāya 52 — Bhīṣma’s Humility Before Kṛṣṇa and the Granting of Boons
लोकनाथ महाबाहो शिव नारायणाच्युत । तव वाक्यमुपश्रुत्य हर्षेणास्मि परिप्लुत:,“लोकनाथ! महाबाहो! शिव! नारायण! अच्युत! आपका यह वचन सुनकर मैं आनन्दके समुद्रमें निमग्न हो गया हूँ
vaiśampāyana uvāca | lokanātha mahābāho śiva nārāyaṇācyuta | tava vākyam upaśrutya harṣeṇāsmi pariplutaḥ ||
«¡Oh Señor del mundo, oh de brazos poderosos—oh Śiva, oh Nārāyaṇa, oh Acyuta! Al escuchar tus palabras, me veo inundado de júbilo, como sumergido en un océano de dicha.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the devotional and ethical power of attentive listening to righteous speech: hearing a profound teaching from the divine (addressed with names of Śiva and Nārāyaṇa) produces inner uplift and joy, signaling reverence for dharmic instruction.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, responds to a revered speaker by addressing him with exalted divine epithets—Lokanātha, Śiva, Nārāyaṇa, Acyuta—and declares that upon hearing his words he has become overwhelmed with joy.