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Shloka 30

उपेन्द्रो वामन: प्रांशुरमोघ: शुचिरूर्जित: । अतीन्द्र: संग्रह: सर्गो धृतात्मा नियमो यम:

upendro vāmanaḥ prāṁśur amoghaḥ śucir ūrjitaḥ | atīndraḥ saṁgrahaḥ sargo dhṛtātmā niyamo yamaḥ ||

Disse Bhīṣma: Ele é Upendra, o Vāmana; o excelso que, em suas passadas, ultrapassa os mundos; o infalível na ação; o puro que santifica os que se lembram, louvam e adoram; o poderoso; aquele que supera até Indra por conhecimento e soberania inatos; o Recolhedor que, na dissolução, reabsorve a todos; a causa da criação; o senhor de si que assume forma por sua própria vontade, permanecendo não nascido; o princípio de contenção que mantém os seres em seus devidos limites; e Yama — o governador interior que regula desde o coração.

उपेन्द्रःUpendra (younger brother of Indra; Vishnu)
उपेन्द्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वामनःVamana (the dwarf incarnation)
वामनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवामन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रांशुःlofty, very tall
प्रांशुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रांशु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अमोघःunfailing, never fruitless
अमोघः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअमोघ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शुचिःpure; purifier
शुचिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ऊर्जितःendowed with strength; mighty
ऊर्जितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्जित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अतीन्द्रःbeyond/surpassing Indra
अतीन्द्रः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतीन्द्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संग्रहःwithdrawal; gathering-in (at dissolution)
संग्रहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंग्रह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्गःcreation; emanation
सर्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धृतात्माself-controlled; steadfast-souled
धृतात्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधृतात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नियमःrestraint; regulation
नियमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनियम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यमःYama; controller; restraint
यमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
U
Upendra (Viṣṇu)
V
Vāmana (avatāra of Viṣṇu)
I
Indra
Y
Yama
T
Trivikrama (implied by prāṁśuḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the divine is not only an object of worship but also the very structure of moral and cosmic regulation: creation and dissolution, strength and purity, and especially niyama/yama—restraint and inner governance—by which beings are held to their proper dharma.

Bhīṣma is reciting a sequence of honorific names (epithets) of Viṣṇu, highlighting his avatāra as Vāmana/Trivikrama and his roles as purifier, supreme lord beyond Indra, creator, withdrawer at pralaya, and inner regulator (yama) who disciplines from within.