Shloka 98

Devanagari script

उद्धव: सुन्दर: सुन्दो रत्ननाभ: सुलोचन: । अर्को वाजसन: शृज्जी जयन्त: सर्वविज्जयी

Transliteration

uddhavaḥ sundaraḥ sundaḥ ratnanābhaḥ sulocanaḥ | arko vājasanaḥ śṛjñī jayantaḥ sarvavijjayī ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ସେ ଉଦ୍ଧବ, ସୁନ୍ଦର, ସୁନ୍ଦ, ରତ୍ନନାଭ, ସୁଲୋଚନ; ଏବଂ ଅର୍କ, ବାଜସନ, ଶୃଜ୍ଞୀ, ଜୟନ୍ତ, ସର୍ବବିଜ୍ଜୟୀ ନାମରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରିଚିତ। ଏହି ଉପାଧିଗୁଡ଼ିକ ତାଙ୍କ ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାବତାର, ସୌନ୍ଦର୍ୟ-କରୁଣା, ଦୀପ୍ତିମୟ ରୂପ, ଯାଚକଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ଦାନଶୀଳତା, ପ୍ରଳୟକାଳୀନ ସୁରକ୍ଷା, ଏବଂ ଅଜେୟ ସର୍ବଜ୍ଞ ଅଧିପତ୍ୟକୁ ସ୍ତୁତି କରି—ଭକ୍ତିମୟ ସ୍ମରଣକୁ ଧର୍ମରୂପେ ପ୍ରେରଣା ଦିଏ।

Word by Word

• उद्धवः: Uddhava (name/epithet)
• उद्धवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुन्दरः: handsome, beautiful
• सुन्दरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुन्दः: Sunda (name/epithet)
• सुन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रत्ननाभः: one whose navel is like a jewel
• रत्ननाभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्ननाभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुलोचनः: one with beautiful eyes
• सुलोचनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुलोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्कः: Arka; the Sun (epithet)
• अर्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाजसनः: giver of food/provisions (to supplicants)
• वाजसनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजसन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शृज्जी: Śṛjjī (epithet/name; lit. horned one)
• शृज्जी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृज्जी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जयन्तः: victorious; Jayanta
• जयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वविज्जयी: all-conquering; victorious over all
• सर्वविज्जयी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वविज्जयी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• the Lord (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa) as the referent of the epithets
• Matsya (horned fish form, implied by Śṛjñī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Remembering and reciting the Lord’s auspicious names is presented as a dharmic act: the names encapsulate virtues—beauty, compassion, generosity, protective power, and invincibility—guiding the listener toward devotion and ethical orientation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s discourse (Anuśāsana Parva), he continues a litany of divine epithets, listing several names that glorify the Lord and hint at mythic functions (such as the horned fish form at pralaya), as part of a larger instruction on dharma and worship.