Shloka 37
अग्रणीर्ग्रामणी: श्रीमान् न््यायो नेता समीरण: । सहस्मूर्धा विश्वात्मा सहस्राक्ष: सहस्रपात्
agraṇīr grāmaṇīḥ śrīmān nyāyo netā samīraṇaḥ | sahasramūrdhā viśvātmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt ||
ビーシュマはさらに名号を讃える。「彼は先導者（アグラニー）、求道者を前へと導く最前の導師。群生の長（グラーマニー）。栄光に輝く者。正義と正しい論理そのもの（ニャーヤ）であり、世界という機構を動かす統御者（ネーター）。また呼吸の風（サミーラナ）として生きとし生けるものに働きを起こさせる。さらに、千の頭を持ち、宇宙の自己（ヴィシュヴァートマン）であり、千の眼、千の足を持つと称えられる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that true leadership and dharma are rooted in the Supreme who is both the cosmic guide (netā/agraṇī) and the very principle of justice (nyāya). The ‘thousand-headed/eyed/footed’ imagery emphasizes that moral order is upheld by an all-pervading, all-seeing reality that sustains and directs all beings.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and devotion. Here he continues reciting divine epithets (as in the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma context), describing the Lord’s functions—guiding, governing, animating through breath—and His universal form, as part of a larger teaching on righteous living and liberation-oriented devotion.