Shloka 82

Devanagari script

चन्द्रार्थकृतशीर्षाय व्यालयज्ञोपवीतिने । पिनाकशूलहस्ताय तस्मा उग्रात्मने नम:,जिनके मस्तकपर अर्धचन्द्रका मुकुट और शरीरपर सर्पका यज्ञोपवीत शोभा दे रहा है, जो अपने हाथमें पिनाक और त्रिशूल धारण करते हैं, उन उमग्ररूपधारी भगवान्‌ शंकरको प्रणाम है

Transliteration

candārthakṛtaśīrṣāya vyālayajñopavītine | pinākaśūlahastāya tasmai ugrātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

ພີດສະມະ ຂໍກົ້ມນະມັດສະການແດ່ ພຣະສັງກະຣະ (Śaṅkara) ຜູ້ມີພຣະຈັນຄຶ່ງເປັນມົງກຸດເທິງພຣະເສົາ, ມີງູເປັນສາຍຍັດຍະໂອປະວີຕະ, ແລະຖືຄັນທະນູປິນາກາ (Pināka) ກັບຕຣິສູນ (ສາມງ່າ) ໃນພຣະຫັດ—ຂໍນະມັດສະການແດ່ພຣະອົງຜູ້ມີພຣະຈິດອັນດຸຮ້າຍແລະອຳນາດກ້າ.

Word by Word

चन्द्रार्थकृतशीर्षायto him whose head is made (adorned) with the crescent-moon as an ornament

व्याल-यज्ञोपवीतिनेto him who has a serpent as the sacred thread

पिनाक-शूल-हस्तायto him whose hand holds the Pinaka (bow) and the trident

तस्मैto him

उग्र-आत्मनेto the fierce-natured one

नमःsalutation

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

crescent moon (ardhacandra)

serpent (as yajñopavīta)

Pināka bow

Śūla/Triśūla (trident)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches dharmic orientation through devotion: by saluting Śiva—who unites ascetic symbolism (serpent sacred thread, crescent moon) with sovereign force (Pināka and trident)—one remembers that righteous life requires both self-control and the capacity to uphold order against chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, as the speaker in Śānti Parva, utters a brief hymn of homage to Lord Śaṅkara, identifying him through iconic attributes and offering namaskāra. It functions as a devotional invocation within the broader instruction on peace, duty, and right conduct.