Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 105 - Mahabharata | Oriya | Vedapath

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Shloka 105

Devanagari script

धनुर्धरो धनुर्वेदो दण्डो दमयिता दम: । अपराजित: सर्वसहो नियन्ता नियमोडयम:

Transliteration

dhanurdharo dhanurvedo daṇḍo damayitā damaḥ | aparājitaḥ sarvasaho niyantā aniyamo 'yamaḥ ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ସେ ଧନୁର୍ଧର, ଧନୁର୍ବେଦ ସ୍ୱୟଂ; ସେ ଦଣ୍ଡ, ଦମନକର୍ତ୍ତା, ଏବଂ ଦମ (ଅନୁଶାସନ) ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଇ। ସେ ଅପରାଜିତ, ସର୍ବସହ; ସେ ନିୟନ୍ତା—ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ନିଜ-ନିଜ କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟରେ ନିଯୁକ୍ତ କରେ—ତଥାପି ସେ ଅନିୟମ, କୌଣସି ନିୟମରେ ବନ୍ଧା ନୁହେଁ; ସେ ଅୟମ—ଯାହାଙ୍କ ଉପରେ କେହି ଶାସକ ନାହିଁ, ପରମ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନ।

Word by Word

धनुर्धरःbow-bearer, archer

धनुर्वेदःscience of archery

दण्डःpunishment; rod; chastisement

दमयिताsubduer, tamer

दमःself-control; restraint; discipline

अपराजितःunconquered, undefeated

सर्वसहःall-enduring, very forbearing

नियन्ताcontroller, regulator

अनियमःabsence of restriction; unboundedness

अयमःunrestrainedness; having no controller

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Rāma (implied by the epithets in the Gītā Press gloss)

bow (dhanuḥ)

Daṇḍa (punitive authority)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True authority combines martial competence (dhanurdhara, dhanurveda) with ethical governance: punishment (daṇḍa) is meant to discipline and reform (dama), the ruler must be resilient (sarvasaha) and invincible in resolve (aparājita), and the highest sovereignty is self-governed—answerable to no coercive power (aniyama, ayama).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction by praising an exemplary figure through a chain of epithets, portraying the ideal upholder of order: a master archer and a just disciplinarian who regulates society while remaining supremely independent.