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कामदेव: कामपाल: कामी कान्तः कृतागम: । अनिर्देश्यवपुर्विष्णुर्वीरोडनन्तो धनंजय:
kāmadevaḥ kāmapālaḥ kāmī kāntaḥ kṛtāgamaḥ | anirdeśyavapur viṣṇur vīro 'nanto dhanañjayaḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—तो कामदेव—सर्व कामनांचा अधिष्ठाता; कामपाल—सकामी भक्तांच्या इच्छा पूर्ण करणारा; कामी—आपल्या प्रियजनांना चाहणारा; कान्त—परम मनोहर। तो कृतागम—वेद-शास्त्रांचा प्रवर्तक; अनिर्देश्यवपु—ज्याचे दिव्य शरीर अवर्णनीय; विष्णु—सर्वव्यापी प्रभु; वीर—अद्भुत सामर्थ्ययुक्त; अनन्त—असीम गुण-ऐश्वर्यवान; आणि धनंजय—धन जिंकणारा, अर्जुनरूपाने प्रकट।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a cluster of divine epithets to show that the Supreme (identified with Viṣṇu) is simultaneously the source of human aspirations (including desire), the fulfiller of devotees’ aims, the transcendent reality beyond description, and the limitless Lord—thus integrating worldly aims (puruṣārthas) within a dharmic, God-centered framework.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and devotion; here he continues a litany of names/glories of the Lord, explaining how various titles (Kāmadeva, Ananta, Dhanañjaya, etc.) apply to the same divine being and what each signifies.