Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 25 - Mahabharata | Indonesian | Vedapath

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Shloka 25

Devanagari script

वसुर्वसुमना: सत्य: समात्मासम्मित: सम: । अमोघ: पुण्डरीकाक्षो वृषकर्मा वृषाकृति:

Transliteration

vasur vasumanāḥ satyaḥ samātmā asammitaḥ samaḥ | amoghaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo vṛṣakarmā vṛṣākṛtiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: Ia adalah Vasu, penopang dan tempat bersemayam semua makhluk; Vasu-manā, berhati luhur dan mulia; Satya, kebenaran itu sendiri. Ia Samātmā, hadir sebagai satu Diri dalam semua insan; Asammita, tak terukur oleh ukuran apa pun; Sama, senantiasa seimbang dan tak terguncang. Ia Amogha, tak pernah mengecewakan—ketika para bhakta memuja, memuji, atau mengingat-Nya, upaya mereka tak sia-sia, sebab Ia menganugerahkan buah yang sejati. Ia Puṇḍarīkākṣa, bermata teratai; Vṛṣakarmā, yang bertindak menurut dharma; dan Vṛṣākṛti, yang mengambil rupa demi menegakkan Dharma.

Word by Word

वसुःVasu; the indwelling/abode (of beings)

वसुमनाःgenerous-minded; noble-hearted

सत्यःtrue; truth itself

समात्माof equal self; the same Self in all beings

असम्मितःimmeasurable; not to be gauged

समःeven; equanimous; unchanging

अमोघःunfailing; never fruitless

पुण्डरीकाक्षःlotus-eyed

वृषकर्माwhose deeds are righteous; doer of dharmic acts

वृषाकृतिःof righteous form; embodiment of dharma

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Viṣṇu (implied as the praised deity through epithets)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents Dharma and devotion as mutually reinforcing: the Supreme is truth, immeasurable, and equanimous, yet responsive—devotional acts are ‘amogha’, never wasted. Ethically, it holds up steadiness (sama), truth (satya), and dharmic action (vṛṣakarmā) as divine qualities to be revered and emulated.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira and recites the thousand names of Viṣṇu. This verse is one segment of that litany, praising the deity through epithets that describe his cosmic support, inner presence in all beings, and his role in establishing Dharma.