Shloka 13
नमो<स्त्वृषिभ्य: परमं परेषां देवेषु देवं वरदं वराणाम् सहस्रशीर्षाय नम: शिवाय सहस्ननामाय जनार्दनाय
bhīṣma uvāca |
namo 'stv ṛṣibhyaḥ paramaṃ pareṣāṃ deveṣu devaṃ varadaṃ varāṇām |
sahasraśīrṣāya namaḥ śivāya sahasranāmāya janārdanāya ||
vṛṣākapiś ca śambhuś ca havano 'theśvaras tathā |
ekādaśaite prathitā rudrās tribhuvaneśvarāḥ ||
ajai kapād ahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī aparājitaḥ |
ṛtaḥ pitṛrūpas tryambako maheśvaro vṛṣākapiḥ śambhur havana īśvaraḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「諸仙に敬礼する—高貴なる者のうち最も高貴なる者たちに。神々の神、恩寵を授ける者、卓越の中の第一者に礼拝する—千の頭をもつシヴァに、千の名を帯び、またジャナールダナと呼ばれる主に。ヴリシャーカピ、シャンブ、ハヴァナ、そしてイーシュヴァラ—これらは三界を統べる十一のルドラとして世に名高い。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverential devotion through divine praise: recognizing the supreme lordship and many epithets/forms of Rudra-Śiva (the eleven Rudras), and honoring the seers as transmitters of sacred knowledge.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and religious duties; here he offers a hymn-like salutation, naming and affirming the famed eleven Rudras as rulers of the three worlds.