Shloka 36
गुरुर्गुरुतमो धाम सत्य: सत्यपराक्रम: । निमिषो5निमिष: सत्रग्वी वाचस्पतिरुदारथी:
gurur gurutamo dhāma satyaḥ satyaparākramaḥ | nimiṣo'nimiṣaḥ sragvī vācaspatir udāradhīḥ ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ ຄຸຣຸ—ອາຈານສູງສຸດ; ຄຸຣຸຕະມະ—ອາຈານເຫນືອອາຈານ; ທາມະ—ທີ່ພຶ່ງພາຂອງສັບພະໂລກ. ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ ສັດຕະຍະ—ຄວາມຈິງແທ້; ສັດຕະຍະປະຣາກຣະມະ—ຜູ້ມີວິລະກຳບໍ່ຜິດພາດ. ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ ນິມິສະ—ຜູ້ຫຼັບຕາໃນໂຍຄະນິທຣາ; ແລະກໍເປັນ ອະນິມິສະ—ຜູ້ບໍ່ກະພິບຕາ ຜູ້ຮັບຮູບເປັນປາ. ພຣະອົງສວມພວງມາລາແຫ່ງໄຊຊະນະ; ແລະເປັນ ວາຈະສະປະຕິ—ເຈົ້າແຫ່ງຖ້ອຍຄຳແລະວິຊາ, ມີປັນຍາອັນສູງສົ່ງທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ສິ່ງທັງປວງປາກົດແຈ້ງ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverence for the Divine as the ultimate source of guidance and knowledge (guru, vācaspati), the ground of reality (dhāma, satya), and the protector whose power is effective and righteous (satyaparākrama). It frames devotion as recognizing many complementary attributes—stillness (yogic slumber) and vigilant protection (unblinking), transcendence and incarnation.
Bhīṣma is describing and praising the Supreme Being through a chain of epithets. The passage functions as a devotional catalogue of divine qualities, linking cosmic roles (refuge, truth) with mythic manifestation (Matsya) and symbolic marks (victory garland), within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and worship.