Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 121 - Mahabharata | Japanese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 121

Devanagari script

सर्वप्रहरणायुध ३० नम इति यहाँ हजार नामोंकी समाप्ति दिखलानेके लिये अन्तिम नामको दुबारा लिखा गया है। मंगलवाची होनेसे ३7कारका स्मरण किया गया है। अन्तमें नमस्कार करके भगवान्‌की पूजा की गयी है। इतीदं कीर्तनीयस्य केशवस्यथ महात्मन: । नाम्नां सहस्रं दिव्यानामशेषेण प्रकीर्तितम्‌

Transliteration

itīdaṃ kīrtanīyasya keśavasyātha mahātmanaḥ | nāmnāṃ sahasraṃ divyānām aśeṣeṇa prakīrtitam ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「かくして、歌い称え憶念すべき大いなる魂ケーシャヴァの、神聖なる千の御名は余すところなく宣説された。これにて聖なる誦唱は吉祥のうちに結び、主は恭敬の礼拝によって讃えられる。」

Word by Word

इतिthus

इदम्this

कीर्तनीयस्यof (one) to be praised/recited

केशवस्यof Keshava

अथnow/then

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

नाम्नाम्of names

सहस्रम्a thousand

दिव्यानाम्of divine (ones)

अशेषेणcompletely/without remainder

प्रकीर्तितम्has been fully proclaimed/recited

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Keshava (Vishnu/Krishna)

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 emphasizes the religious and ethical value of kīrtana—devotional recitation of the Lord’s names—as a complete and auspicious act. It frames remembrance and praise of Keshava as a dharmic practice that culminates in reverent surrender (namaskāra).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma formally concludes the recitation of the thousand divine names of Keshava. The statement functions as a colophon: it signals that the sahasranāma has been fully delivered and closes the hymn with an auspicious, worshipful tone.