Shloka 129

Devanagari script

दुर्गाण्यतितरत्याशु पुरुष: पुरुषोत्तमम्‌ | स्तुवन्‌ नामसहस्रेण नित्यं भक्तिसमन्वितः

Transliteration

durgāṇy atitaraty āśu puruṣaḥ puruṣottamam | stuvan nāmasahasreṇa nityaṁ bhaktisamanvitaḥ ||

Translation

ភីṣ្មៈ បានមានព្រះវាចា៖ អ្នកណាម្នាក់ដែលពោរពេញដោយភក្តី និងសរសើរ «បុរសោត្តម» ព្រះអម្ចាស់ដ៏អធិបតី ដោយព្រះនាមពាន់ (វិṣṇុ-សហស្រ-នាម) ជារៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ នោះនឹងឆ្លងកាត់ទុក្ខលំបាក និងគ្រោះថ្នាក់ទាំងឡាយបានយ៉ាងឆាប់រហ័ស។

Word by Word

• दुर्गाणि: difficulties, dangers
• दुर्गाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अतितरति: crosses over, overcomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु) उपसर्ग: अति
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)

• पुरुषः: a man, person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषोत्तमम्: the Supreme Person (Purushottama)
• पुरुषोत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्तुवन्: praising
• स्तुवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नामसहस्रेण: by (means of) the thousand names
• नामसहस्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• नित्यम्: always, daily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• भक्तिसमन्वितः: endowed with devotion
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्तिसमन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Puruṣottama (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa)
• Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Thousand Names of Viṣṇu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular, devotion-filled praise of Puruṣottama through the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma enables one to overcome dangers and hardships swiftly; disciplined bhakti is presented as a practical support for resilience and protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing on dharma and sacred practice, states the फल (result) of reciting/praising Viṣṇu by the thousand names: the devotee who does so daily transcends संकट (durgāṇi) quickly.