Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 95 - Mahabharata | Marathi | Vedapath

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Shloka 95

Devanagari script

चतुर्मूर्तिश्नतुर्बाह श्वत॒र्व्यूहश्चतुर्गति: । चतुरात्मा चतुर्भावश्चतुर्वेदविदेकपात्‌

Transliteration

caturmūrtiś caturbāhuḥ śvatarvyūhaś caturgatiḥ | caturātmā caturbhāvaś caturvedavidekapāt ||

Translation

भीष्म म्हणाले—तो चतुर्मूर्ती, चतुर्भुज, चतुर्व्यूहयुक्त आणि चतुर्गतीस्वरूप आहे. तो मन-बुद्धी-अहंकार-चित्त अशा चतुरात्म्याने युक्त; धर्म-अर्थ-काम-मोक्ष या चतुर्भावांचा उगम; चतुर्वेदांचा तात्पर्य जाणणारा; आणि ‘एकपात्’ असूनही आपल्या एका अंशाने समस्त विश्व व्यापणारा आहे.

Word by Word

चतुर्मूर्तिःhaving four forms

चतुर्बाहुःfour-armed

श्वतर्व्यूहःhaving the (eternal/everlasting) vyūha (array/emanations)

चतुर्गतिःhaving four (supreme) destinations

चतुरात्माhaving four inner constituents (fourfold self)

चतुर्भावःhaving four states/realities (fourfold source/ground)

चतुर्वेदवित्knower of the four Vedas

एकपात्one-footed / having one pāda (pervading all with one quarter)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Rāma

Lakṣmaṇa

Bharata

Śatrughna

Vāsudeva

Saṅkarṣaṇa

Pradyumna

Aniruddha

Vedas

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 praises the Supreme as simultaneously manifold and one: manifesting in four forms and four emanations, granting four modes of liberation, grounding the four aims of human life, and yet pervading the cosmos by a single portion—teaching divine completeness, accessibility through devotion, and the integration of worldly aims with ultimate liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction and eulogy of the Supreme (a hymn-like passage), enumerating divine attributes in compact epithets to convey the deity’s cosmic sovereignty and salvific power.