Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 65 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 65

Devanagari script

गभस्तिनेमि: सत्त्वस्थ: सिंहो भूतमहेश्वर: । आदिदेवो महादेवो देवेशो देवभूद्गुरु:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | gabhastinemiḥ sattvasthaḥ siṁho bhūtamaheśvaraḥ | ādidevo mahādevo deveśo devabhṛdguruḥ ||

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಅವನು ಗಭಸ್ತಿನೇಮಿ: ಕಿರಣಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಸೂರ್ಯಸ್ವರೂಪವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾದವನು; ಸತ್ತ್ವಸ್ಥ: ಎಲ್ಲರ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂತರ್ಯಾಮಿಯಾಗಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವವನು; ಸಿಂಹ: ಭಕ್ತ ಪ್ರಹ್ಲಾದನಿಗಾಗಿ ನರಸಿಂಹರೂಪ ಧರಿಸಿದವನು; ಸಮಸ್ತ ಭೂತಗಳ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರ; ಆದಿದೇವ, ಮಹಾದೇವ; ದೇವೇಶ; ದೇವರನ್ನು ಪೋಷಿಸುವ ಪರಮಗುರು।

Word by Word

गभस्तिनेमिःhe whose rim is rays (sun-like one)

सत्त्वस्थःabiding in beings / in the hearts of creatures

सिंहःlion

भूतमहेश्वरःgreat lord of beings

आदिदेवःthe primordial god

महादेवःthe great god (Mahadeva)

देवेशःlord of the gods

देवभूद्गुरुःthe guru who sustains the gods

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (speaker)

Gabhastinemi (epithet: Sun-form of the divine)

Narasiṁha (implied by ‘siṁhaḥ’ in the gloss)

Prahlāda (mentioned in the Gita Press gloss)

Devas (gods)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a devotional-theological vision of the Supreme as simultaneously cosmic (Sun-like radiance, lord of gods and beings) and inwardly present (abiding in all as the inner ruler). Ethically, it reassures that divine sovereignty is not distant: it sustains the world and actively protects devotees (as implied by the Narasiṁha–Prahlāda motif).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and related disciplines. Here he recites a sequence of divine epithets—functioning like a hymn or praise-list—highlighting the deity’s forms, powers, and roles (sun-form, indweller, protector, lordship, and guidance of the gods).