Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अजो महार्ह: स्वाभाव्यो जितामित्र: प्रमोदन: । आनन्दो नन्दनो नन्द: सत्यधर्मा त्रिविक्रम:

Transliteration

ajo mahārhaḥ svābhāvyo jitāmitraḥ pramodanaḥ | ānando nandano nandaḥ satyadharmā trivikramaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: Dialah Aja, Yang Tak Terlahir; Mahārha, Yang Mahapantas disembah; Svābhāvya, yang ada dengan sendirinya dan senantiasa sempurna; Jitāmitra, penakluk para musuh; Pramodana, yang menggembirakan hanya dengan diingat. Dialah Ānanda, kebahagiaan itu sendiri; Nandana, yang menyukakan semua; Nanda, yang berlimpah kemakmuran dan kuasa; Satyadharmā, yang berwatak kebenaran dan dharma; dan Trivikrama, yang mengukur tiga dunia dengan tiga langkah.

Word by Word

• अजः: the Unborn (Vishnu)
• अजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महार्हः: most worthy of worship/honor
• महार्हः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वाभाव्यः: natural; inherent (by nature)
• स्वाभाव्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाभाव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितामित्रः: one who has conquered enemies
• जितामित्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमोदनः: one who causes delight
• प्रमोदनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमोदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आनन्दः: bliss; the Blissful one
• आनन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दनः: one who gladdens
• नन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दः: joy; the Joyful one
• नन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यधर्मा: whose dharma is truth; truly righteous
• सत्यधर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिविक्रमः: Trivikrama (who strode the three worlds in three steps)
• त्रिविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Viṣṇu
• Trivikrama (Vāmana episode)
• three worlds (trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches devotion grounded in ethics: the Supreme is unborn and self-established, yet actively protects dharma by overcoming hostile forces; remembering such a Lord brings inner joy, and His nature is truth and righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is reciting divine epithets (a stuti-like sequence) describing Viṣṇu’s qualities and deeds—especially the Trivikrama act of measuring the three worlds—within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma and worship.