Shloka 79

Devanagari script

स्वक्ष: स्वड़: शतानन्दो नन्दिज्योतिर्गणेश्वर: | विजितात्माविधेयात्मा सत्कीर्तिश्छिन्न संशय:

Transliteration

svakṣaḥ svaṅgaḥ śatānando nandijyotirgaṇeśvaraḥ | vijitātmāvidheyātmā satkīrtiś chinnasaṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : Il a des yeux captivants et des membres d’une beauté exquise ; il est l’incarnation même d’une félicité aux mille formes, sans cesse renaissante ; la lumière de bon augure et le seigneur des cohortes de luminaires. Son être intérieur est parfaitement maîtrisé ; sa vraie nature échappe à toute description ; sa renommée est véridique ; et tout doute à son sujet est tranché.

Word by Word

• स्वक्षः: one with beautiful eyes
• स्वक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वङ्गः: one with beautiful/pleasing limbs
• स्वङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतानन्दः: hundredfold joy; one whose joy is manifold
• शतानन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दि-ज्योतिः-गणेश्वरः: lord of the hosts of lights (stars/constellations)
• नन्दि-ज्योतिः-गणेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + गणेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजितात्मा: one who has conquered the self (mind-controlled)
• विजितात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजित (कृदन्त, √जि) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अविधेयात्मा: one whose true nature is indescribable/undefinable
• अविधेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविधेय (कृदन्त/विशेषण) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्कीर्तिः: one of true fame
• सत्कीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिन्नसंशयः: one whose doubts are cut off; free from all doubt
• छिन्नसंशयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न (कृदन्त, √छिद्) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest object of reverence is characterized not only by cosmic sovereignty and beauty but also by ethical-spiritual qualities: mastery over the inner self, an ineffable nature beyond conceptual capture, and a certainty that removes doubt—encouraging the listener to pursue dharma with clarity and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing and praising the divine through a sequence of epithets. This verse is part of that laudatory enumeration, presenting a compact portrait of the deity’s attributes—bliss, auspicious radiance, lordship over the luminaries, self-conquest, and freedom from doubt.