Shloka 94

Devanagari script

तेजोवृषो द्युतिधर: सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वर: । प्रग्रहो निग्रहो व्यग्रो नैकशूज़ी गदाग्रज:

Transliteration

tejo-vṛṣo dyuti-dharaḥ sarva-śastra-bhṛtāṁ varaḥ | pragraho nigraho vyagro naika-śṛṅgī gadāgrajaḥ ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ସେ ଭକ୍ତମାନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଆନନ୍ଦମୟ ତେଜର ବର୍ଷା କରୁଥିବା, ପରମ କାନ୍ତି ଧାରଣ କରୁଥିବା, ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତ ଶସ୍ତ୍ରଧାରୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ। ଭକ୍ତମାନେ ଅର୍ପିତ କରିଥିବା ପତ୍ର-ପୁଷ୍ପାଦି ସେ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରନ୍ତି; ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ନିଗ୍ରହ କରି ଶାସନ କରନ୍ତି; ଏବଂ ଶରଣାଗତଙ୍କୁ ଇଷ୍ଟଫଳ ଦେବାରେ ସଦା ତତ୍ପର। ସେ ‘ନୈକଶୃଙ୍ଗୀ’—ପବିତ୍ର ବାଣୀର ବହୁରୂପତାର ପ୍ରତୀକ—ଏବଂ ଗଦାର ଅଗ୍ରଜ, ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ଗଦା ପୂର୍ବେ ଜନ୍ମିତ ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣ।

Word by Word

• तेजोवृषः: one who showers (rains) splendor/energy
• तेजोवृषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजोवृष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्युतिधरः: bearer of radiance
• द्युतिधरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युतिधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वशस्त्रभृताम्: of all weapon-bearers
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वशस्त्रभृत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best, excellent
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रग्रहः: receiver; one who accepts (offerings)
• प्रग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निग्रहः: restrainer; one who controls
• निग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यग्रः: actively engaged; intent
• व्यग्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नैकशृङ्गी: many-horned (having many ‘horns’/aspects)
• नैकशृङ्गी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नैकशृङ्गिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गदाग्रजः: elder brother of Gada
• गदाग्रजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदाग्रज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Gadā
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the Lord as both compassionate and sovereign: he receives sincere devotion (accepts offerings), yet also restrains and governs the world (nigraha). Ethical life is framed as trusting a divine order that rewards devotion and upholds discipline—grace and governance functioning together.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and extols the Supreme through a litany of divine names (as in the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma tradition). This verse is one segment of that praise, enumerating epithets that describe the deity’s splendor, martial supremacy, receptivity to devotion, and universal control.