Shloka 81

Devanagari script

अर्चिष्मानर्चित: कुम्भो विशुद्धात्मा विशोधन: । अनिरुद्धो5प्रतिरथ: प्रद्युम्नोडमितविक्रम:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | arciṣmān arcitaḥ kumbho viśuddhātmā viśodhanaḥ | aniruddho 'pratirathaḥ pradyumno 'mitavikramaḥ ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ସେ ଅର୍ଚିଷ୍ମାନ୍—ଅନନ୍ତ କିରଣରେ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ; ଅର୍ଚିତ—ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଦି ସମସ୍ତ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପୂଜିତ; କୁମ୍ଭ—ଘଟ ପରି ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କର ଆଶ୍ରୟ। ସେ ବିଶୁଦ୍ଧାତ୍ମା—ପରମ ନିର୍ମଳ ଆତ୍ମସ୍ୱରୂପ; ବିଶୋଧନ—ସ୍ମରଣମାତ୍ରେ ପାପ ନାଶ କରି ଅନ୍ତଃକରଣକୁ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ କରୁଥିବା। ସେ ଅନିରୁଦ୍ଧ—ଅବରୋଧାତୀତ; ଅପ୍ରତିରଥ—ଯାହାଙ୍କ ସମ୍ମୁଖେ ପ୍ରତିଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱୀ ନାହିଁ; ପ୍ରଦ୍ୟୁମ୍ନ; ଏବଂ ଅମିତବିକ୍ରମ—ଅପାର ପରାକ୍ରମଶାଳୀ।

Word by Word

• अर्चिष्मान्: radiant, possessing flames/splendour
• अर्चिष्मान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चिष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्चितः: worshipped, honoured
• अर्चितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चित (√अर्च्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुम्भः: pot; (figuratively) receptacle/abode
• कुम्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशुद्धात्मा: one whose self is perfectly pure
• विशुद्धात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशोधनः: purifier
• विशोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनिरुद्धः: unrestrained; irresistible
• अनिरुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिरुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अप्रतिरथः: without an equal/opponent; unmatched
• अप्रतिरथः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रतिरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna (name/title)
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अमितविक्रमः: of immeasurable prowess
• अमितविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-विक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Aniruddha
• Pradyumna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the Divine is simultaneously the cosmic support (kumbhaḥ) and the inner purifier (viśodhanaḥ): devotion and remembrance are presented as ethically transformative, cleansing the heart and strengthening steadfastness through recognition of the Lord’s unrivaled power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhishma’s instruction in Anuśāsana Parva, he recites a sequence of divine epithets—praising the Lord’s radiance, worship-worthiness, purity, invincibility, and specific vyūha-forms (Aniruddha, Pradyumna)—as part of a devotional and didactic hymn meant to guide conduct and inner purification.