Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 156 Shloka 28 - Mahabharata | Malayalam | Vedapath

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Shloka 28

Devanagari script

भवस्यानुचराश्चैव हरतुल्यपराक्रमा: । विष्णुदेवो5थ जिष्णुश्न स्कन्दश्चाम्बिकया सह

Transliteration

bhavasyānucarāś caiva haratulyaparākramāḥ | viṣṇudevo 'tha jiṣṇuś ca skandaś cāmbikayā saha ||

Translation

ഭവൻ (ശിവൻ)ന്റെ അനുചരന്മാരും ഉണ്ട്; അവരുടെ പരാക്രമം ഹരനോടു തുല്യം. കൂടാതെ വിഷ്ണുദേവൻ, ജിഷ്ണു, അംബികയോടുകൂടിയ സ്കന്ദനും (പൂജ്യരാണ്).

Word by Word

भवस्यof Bhava (Śiva)

अनुचराःattendants, followers

चand

एवindeed, also

हरतुल्यपराक्रमाःhaving valor equal to Hara (Śiva)

विष्णुदेवःViṣṇu-deva (the god Viṣṇu)

अथthen, and now

जिष्णुःJishnu (a name of Indra/Arjuna; here a deity-name)

स्कन्दःSkanda (Kārttikeya)

चand

अम्बिकयाwith Ambikā (Pārvatī)

सहtogether with

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhava (Śiva)

Hara (Śiva)

Viṣṇu

Jiṣṇu (commonly Indra)

Skanda (Kārttikeya)

Ambikā (the Goddess, Pārvatī/Durgā)

Śiva’s attendants (gaṇas)

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 emphasizes reverence for the divine order by naming major deities and Śiva’s powerful retinue. Ethically, it reminds the listener that true authority and protection rest with the gods, and that human pride in strength should yield to humility and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is listing divine beings—Śiva (as Bhava/Hara) and his attendants, along with Viṣṇu, Jiṣṇu, and Skanda with Ambikā—within a broader discourse that catalogues sacred figures and their might, reinforcing the religious and moral framework of his instruction.