Shloka 66
उत्तरो गोपतिर्गोप्ता ज्ञानगम्य: पुरातन: । शरीरभूतभूद् भोक्ता कपीन्द्रो भूरिदक्षिण:
uttaro gopatir goptā jñānagamyāḥ purātanaḥ | śarīrabhūtabhūd bhoktā kapīndro bhūridakṣiṇaḥ ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະອົງແມ່ນຜູ້ກູ້ພົ້ນສູງສຸດ ແລະເປັນທີ່ພຶ່ງອັນສູງສຸດ; ເປັນ «ໂຄປະຕິ» ເຈົ້າແຫ່ງຝູງງົວ ແລະຜູ້ພິທັກງົວໃນຮູບຄົນລ້ຽງງົວ; ເປັນຜູ້ຄຸ້ມຄອງສັດທັງປວງ; ຮູ້ໄດ້ດ້ວຍປັນຍາແທ້; ເປັນຜູ້ເກົ່າແກ່ດັ້ງເດີມ. ພຣະອົງຄ້ຳຈຸນທາດທີ່ກາຍເປັນຮ່າງກາຍ; ເປັນຜູ້ເສວຍອານັນອັນຫາທຽບບໍ່ໄດ້; ເປັນຈອມແຫ່ງວານອນ—ພຣະຣາມ; ແລະເປັນຜູ້ປະທານທານບູຊາຢ່າງອຸດົມໃນພິທີຍັດ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Divine is simultaneously the highest refuge and the active protector of the world: knowable through wisdom, eternal in nature, sustaining embodied life, and exemplifying dharma through protection (especially of the vulnerable, symbolized by cows) and generosity in sacred duty (dakṣiṇā in yajña).
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and praises the Supreme through a sequence of divine names/epithets. This verse strings together titles highlighting protection, metaphysical supremacy, and an avatāra-reference to Śrī Rāma as ‘Lord of the monkeys,’ linking ethical ideals of rulership and sacrifice to devotion.