Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अजो महार्ह: स्वाभाव्यो जितामित्र: प्रमोदन: । आनन्दो नन्दनो नन्द: सत्यधर्मा त्रिविक्रम:

Transliteration

ajo mahārhaḥ svābhāvyo jitāmitraḥ pramodanaḥ | ānando nandano nandaḥ satyadharmā trivikramaḥ ||

Translation

ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਉਹ ਅਜ, ਅਜਨਮਾ ਹੈ; ਮਹਾਰ੍ਹ, ਪਰਮ ਪੂਜਨੀਯ; ਸ੍ਵਾਭਾਵ੍ਯ, ਸਵੈੰ-ਸਿੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਨਿੱਤ ਪਰਿਪੂਰਨ; ਜਿਤਾਮਿਤ੍ਰ, ਵੈਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਜਿੱਤਣ ਵਾਲਾ; ਪ੍ਰਮੋਦਨ, ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨਤਾ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ। ਉਹ ਆਨੰਦ—ਆਨੰਦ-ਸਰੂਪ; ਨੰਦਨ—ਸਭ ਨੂੰ ਰਿਝਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ; ਨੰਦ—ਸੰਪੂਰਨ ਐਸ਼ਵਰ੍ਯ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ; ਸਤ੍ਯਧਰਮਾ—ਸੱਚ ਅਤੇ ਧਰਮ-ਸਵਭਾਵ ਵਾਲਾ; ਅਤੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਵਿਕ੍ਰਮ—ਤਿੰਨ ਕਦਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਿੰਨਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਪਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• अजः: the Unborn (Vishnu)
• अजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महार्हः: most worthy of worship/honor
• महार्हः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वाभाव्यः: natural; inherent (by nature)
• स्वाभाव्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाभाव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितामित्रः: one who has conquered enemies
• जितामित्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमोदनः: one who causes delight
• प्रमोदनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमोदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आनन्दः: bliss; the Blissful one
• आनन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दनः: one who gladdens
• नन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दः: joy; the Joyful one
• नन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यधर्मा: whose dharma is truth; truly righteous
• सत्यधर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिविक्रमः: Trivikrama (who strode the three worlds in three steps)
• त्रिविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Viṣṇu
• Trivikrama (Vāmana episode)
• three worlds (trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches devotion grounded in ethics: the Supreme is unborn and self-established, yet actively protects dharma by overcoming hostile forces; remembering such a Lord brings inner joy, and His nature is truth and righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is reciting divine epithets (a stuti-like sequence) describing Viṣṇu’s qualities and deeds—especially the Trivikrama act of measuring the three worlds—within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma and worship.