Shloka 9

Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)

Devanagari script

एवं त्वामभिजानन्ति तपसा भाविता नरा: | आत्मदर्शनतृप्तानामृषीणां चासि सत्तम:,“आपके मस्तकसे द्युलोक और भुजाओंसे भूलोक व्याप्त है। तीनों लोक आपके उदरमें स्थित हैं। आप ही सनातन पुरुष हैं। तपस्यासे शुद्ध अन्तःकरण-वाले महात्मा पुरुष आपको ऐसा ही जानते हैं। आत्मसाक्षात्कारसे तृप्त हुए ज्ञानी महर्षियोंकी दृष्टिमें भी आप सबसे श्रेष्ठ हैं

Transliteration

evaṁ tvām abhijānanti tapasā bhāvitā narāḥ | ātmadarśanatṛptānām ṛṣīṇāṁ cāsi sattamaḥ ||

Translation

Demikianlah orang-orang yang batinnya dimurnikan oleh tapa-brata mengenali Engkau dengan sebenar-benarnya. Dan di mata para resi yang puas oleh penyaksian langsung atas Ātman, Engkau adalah yang terbaik di antara para mulia—tertinggi dalam keutamaan rohani dan paling layak dihormati.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

त्वाम्you (object)

अभिजानन्तिknow, recognize

तपसाby austerity, through penance

भाविताःpurified, cultivated (by)

नराःmen, persons

आत्मदर्शनतृप्तानाम्of those satisfied with self-realization

ऋषीणाम्of sages

चand

असिare

सत्तमःthe best, the most excellent

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

you (the addressed supreme person/deity)

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?

True recognition of the Supreme comes through inner purification by tapas and culminates in direct Self-realization; those established in such realization regard the addressed Lord as the highest excellence (sattamaḥ).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is offering a hymn-like praise, asserting that spiritually disciplined people and realized sages alike know the addressed being as supremely exalted.