Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्य लोकप्रधानस्य जगन्नाथस्य भूपते । विष्णोर्नामसहस्नं मे शूणु पापभयापहम्‌

Transliteration

tasya lokapradhānasya jagannāthasya bhūpate | viṣṇor nāmasahasraṁ me śṛṇu pāpabhayāpaham ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : Ô roi, écoute de ma bouche les mille noms de Viṣṇu—de ce Seigneur, premier parmi tous les mondes et Maître de l’univers—dont la récitation ôte la crainte née du péché.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• लोकप्रधानस्य: of the foremost among the worlds / chief of the people
• लोकप्रधानस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकप्रधान
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जगन्नाथस्य: of the Lord of the universe
• जगन्नाथस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगन्नाथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नामसहस्रम्: the thousand names
• नामसहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• शृणु: hear (listen)
• शृणु: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पापभयापहम्: removing fear of sin
• पापभयापहम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापभयापह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• King (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied by address bhūpate)
• Viṣṇu
• Jagannātha (epithet of Viṣṇu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that remembrance of the supreme Lord—here through the recitation of Viṣṇu’s thousand names—functions as a moral and spiritual remedy: it dispels the fear and burden produced by sinful action and supports a return to dharmic living.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma, lying on his bed of arrows, instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. This verse introduces the forthcoming recitation of the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma, urging the king to listen to a hymn praised as removing fear of sin.