Shloka 2
Śānti Parva, Adhyāya 52 — Bhīṣma’s Humility Before Kṛṣṇa and the Granting of Boons
लोकनाथ महाबाहो शिव नारायणाच्युत । तव वाक्यमुपश्रुत्य हर्षेणास्मि परिप्लुत:,“लोकनाथ! महाबाहो! शिव! नारायण! अच्युत! आपका यह वचन सुनकर मैं आनन्दके समुद्रमें निमग्न हो गया हूँ
vaiśampāyana uvāca | lokanātha mahābāho śiva nārāyaṇācyuta | tava vākyam upaśrutya harṣeṇāsmi pariplutaḥ ||
«ឱ ព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃលោក! ឱ មហាបាហុ! ឱ ព្រះសិវៈ! ឱ នារាយណៈ! ឱ អច្យុត! បានស្តាប់ព្រះវាចនៈរបស់ព្រះអង្គហើយ ខ្ញុំត្រូវបានរលកសេចក្តីអំណរលើកលែង ដូចជាលិចចូលក្នុងសមុទ្រនៃសុខ»។
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the devotional and ethical power of attentive listening to righteous speech: hearing a profound teaching from the divine (addressed with names of Śiva and Nārāyaṇa) produces inner uplift and joy, signaling reverence for dharmic instruction.
Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, responds to a revered speaker by addressing him with exalted divine epithets—Lokanātha, Śiva, Nārāyaṇa, Acyuta—and declares that upon hearing his words he has become overwhelmed with joy.