Shloka 81

Devanagari script

अर्चिष्मानर्चित: कुम्भो विशुद्धात्मा विशोधन: । अनिरुद्धो5प्रतिरथ: प्रद्युम्नोडमितविक्रम:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | arciṣmān arcitaḥ kumbho viśuddhātmā viśodhanaḥ | aniruddho 'pratirathaḥ pradyumno 'mitavikramaḥ ||

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಅವನು ಅರ್ಚಿಷ್ಮಾನ್: ಅನಂತ ಕಿರಣಗಳಿಂದ ದೀಪ್ತಿಮಾನ; ಅರ್ಚಿತ: ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದಿ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಲೋಕಗಳಿಂದ ಪೂಜಿತ; ಕುಂಭ: ಘಟದಂತೆ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಆಶ್ರಯಸ್ಥಾನ. ಅವನು ವಿಶುದ್ಧಾತ್ಮ: ಪರಮ ನಿರ್ಮಲ ಆತ್ಮಸ್ವರೂಪ; ವಿಶೋಧನ: ಸ್ಮರಣಮಾತ್ರದಿಂದ ಪಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡಿ ಅಂತರಂಗವನ್ನು ಶುದ್ಧಿಗೊಳಿಸುವವನು. ಅವನು ಅನಿರುದ್ಧ: ತಡೆಯಲಾಗದವನು; ಅಪ್ರತಿರಥ: ಎದುರಾಳಿಯಿಲ್ಲದವನು; ಪ್ರದ್ಯುಮ್ನ; ಮತ್ತು ಅಮಿತವಿಕ್ರಮ: ಅಪಾರ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಶಾಲಿ.

Word by Word

• अर्चिष्मान्: radiant, possessing flames/splendour
• अर्चिष्मान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चिष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्चितः: worshipped, honoured
• अर्चितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चित (√अर्च्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुम्भः: pot; (figuratively) receptacle/abode
• कुम्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशुद्धात्मा: one whose self is perfectly pure
• विशुद्धात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशोधनः: purifier
• विशोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनिरुद्धः: unrestrained; irresistible
• अनिरुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिरुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अप्रतिरथः: without an equal/opponent; unmatched
• अप्रतिरथः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रतिरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna (name/title)
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमितविक्रमः: of immeasurable prowess
• अमितविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-विक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Aniruddha
• Pradyumna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the Divine is simultaneously the cosmic support (kumbhaḥ) and the inner purifier (viśodhanaḥ): devotion and remembrance are presented as ethically transformative, cleansing the heart and strengthening steadfastness through recognition of the Lord’s unrivaled power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhishma’s instruction in Anuśāsana Parva, he recites a sequence of divine epithets—praising the Lord’s radiance, worship-worthiness, purity, invincibility, and specific vyūha-forms (Aniruddha, Pradyumna)—as part of a devotional and didactic hymn meant to guide conduct and inner purification.