Shloka 71

Devanagari script

महावराहो गोविन्द: सुषेण: कनकाड्रदी । गुह्रो गभीरो गहनो गुप्तश्चक्रगदाधर:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | mahāvarāho govindaḥ suṣeṇaḥ kanakāṅgadī | guhyo gabhīro gahano guptaś cakragadādharaḥ ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ସେ ମହାବରାହ, ଗୋବିନ୍ଦ; ସୁଷେଣ—ସୁନ୍ଦର ପାର୍ଷଦ-ସେନାରେ ସୁଶୋଭିତ; କନକାଙ୍ଗଦୀ—ସୁବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବାହୁବନ୍ଧ ଧାରୀ; ଗୁହ୍ୟ—ହୃଦୟଗୁହାରେ ନିହିତ; ଗଭୀର—ଅଗାଧ; ଗହନ—ସ୍ୱରୂପ ଭେଦିବା ଦୁର୍ଲଭ; ଗୁପ୍ତ—ବାଣୀ ଓ ମନର ଅଗୋଚର; ଏବଂ ଚକ୍ରଗଦାଧର—ଭକ୍ତରକ୍ଷାର୍ଥେ ଚକ୍ର ଓ ଗଦା ଧାରଣକାରୀ।

Word by Word

• महावराहः: the great boar (incarnation)
• महावराहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महावराह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गोविन्दः: Govinda
• गोविन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुषेणः: he who has a good/beautiful army
• सुषेणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुषेण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कनकाङ्गदी: wearing golden armlets
• कनकाङ्गदी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनकाङ्गदिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुहः: hidden; secret
• गुहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गभीरः: deep; profound
• गभीरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गभीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गहनः: hard to penetrate; inscrutable
• गहनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुप्तः: concealed; protected/guarded
• गुप्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चक्रगदाधरः: bearer of the discus and mace
• चक्रगदाधरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रगदाधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Govinda (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Varāha (Boar incarnation)
• Cakra (discus)
• Gadā (mace)
• Kanakāṅgada (golden armlet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverent remembrance of the Lord through epithets that unite transcendence and moral guardianship: He is beyond speech and mind (guhya, gupta) yet actively protects dharma (cakragadādhara). Devotion is presented as an ethical refuge grounded in the Lord’s power to restore and safeguard.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is reciting a sequence of divine names praising Govinda (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa). Each name highlights an aspect of the deity—incarnation as Varāha, majestic attendants, divine adornment, hidden inner presence, profundity, and protective weapon-bearing—within the broader Anuśāsana Parva context of instruction on dharma and sacred praise.