Shloka 29

Devanagari script

भ्राजिष्णुभोंजनं भोक्ता सहिष्णुर्जगदादिज: । अनघो विजयो जेता विश्वयोनि: पुनर्वसु:

Transliteration

bhrājiṣṇur bhojanaṁ bhoktā sahiṣṇur jagadādijaḥ | anagho vijayo jetā viśvayoniḥ punarvasuḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : Il est rayonnant en son essence ; il est la nourriture semblable au nectar, digne d’être « goûtée » par les sages, et il est aussi le Jouisseur, celui qui fait l’expérience à travers la personne. Patient et endurant, il est la source primordiale du monde, se manifestant de lui-même au commencement de la création. Sans tache et sans péché, il est suprême dans la victoire—éminent en connaissance, en détachement et en puissance souveraine. Par sa nature même, il est le Conquérant de tous les êtres ; il est la matrice et la cause de l’univers ; et il est « Punarvasu », Celui qui, encore et encore, demeure dans les descentes incarnées.

Word by Word

• भ्राजिष्णुः: radiant, shining
• भ्राजिष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्राजिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भोजनम्: food; that which is to be enjoyed/consumed
• भोजनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भोक्ता: enjoyer, experiencer
• भोक्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भॊक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; कृत्-प्रत्यय -तृ from √भुज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहिष्णुः: forbearing, patient
• सहिष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; from √सह्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगदादिजः: born at the beginning of the world; primeval
• जगदादिजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगदादिज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनघः: sinless, faultless
• अनघः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजयः: victory; the victorious one
• विजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जेता: conqueror
• जेता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जेतृ (प्रातिपदिक; कृत्-प्रत्यय -तृ from √जि)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विश्वयोनिः: source/cause of the universe
• विश्वयोनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनर्वसुः: one who dwells again and again; ever-returning abode
• पुनर्वसुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर्वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Hiraṇyagarbha (implied by jagadādijaḥ)
• Puruṣa (implied by bhoktā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the Supreme as both the object of spiritual ‘enjoyment’ (the ambrosial reality realized by the wise) and the inner experiencer, while emphasizing ethical and metaphysical ideals: sinlessness, patience, mastery, and being the universal source. It frames divine greatness not merely as power, but as purity, endurance, and the ground of all existence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and extols the Supreme through a litany of divine names (commonly aligned with the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma tradition). This verse is one segment of that praise, enumerating epithets that describe the deity’s cosmic origin, inner lordship, and recurring presence in the world.