Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 82 - Mahabharata | Hindi | Vedapath

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Shloka 82

Devanagari script

कालनेमिनिहा वीर: शौरि: शूरजनेश्वर: । त्रिलोकात्मा त्रिलोकेश: केशव: केशिहा हरि:

Transliteration

kālaneminihā vīraḥ śauriḥ śūrajaneśvaraḥ | trilokātmā trilokeśaḥ keśavaḥ keśihā hariḥ ||

Translation

भीष्म ने कहा—वे कालनेमि का वध करने वाले हैं; परम वीर हैं; शौरि हैं—शूरकुल में उत्पन्न; शूरजनों के भी ईश्वर हैं। वे त्रिलोकात्मा—तीनों लोकों के अन्तर्यामी आत्मा; त्रिलोकेश—तीनों लोकों के स्वामी; केशव; केशी का संहार करने वाले; और हरि हैं—स्मरण मात्र से पाप हर लेने वाले।

Word by Word

कालनेमिनिहाslayer of (the asura) Kālanemi

वीरःhero, valiant one

शौरिःŚauri (descendant of Śūra; Kṛṣṇa)

शूरजनेश्वरःlord of the heroic people

त्रिलोकात्माthe inner self of the three worlds

त्रिलोकेशःlord of the three worlds

केशवःKeśava (Kṛṣṇa)

केशिहाslayer of (the asura) Keśin

हरिःHari (the remover/Viṣṇu)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Kṛṣṇa (Keśava, Hari, Śauri)

Kālanemi

Keśin

the three worlds (triloka)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches devotional recollection and theological recognition: Kṛṣṇa is praised as both a heroic protector who destroys demonic forces and as the indwelling Self and sovereign of the cosmos; remembering Hari is presented as ethically purifying, removing sin and strengthening dharmic orientation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, in the Anuśāsana Parva’s devotional and instructional context, recites a chain of divine epithets for Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu—linking mythic deeds (slaying Kālanemi and Keśin) with cosmic lordship (trilokātmā, trilokeśa) to extol him as the supreme refuge.