Shloka 67

Devanagari script

सोमपो<मृतप: सोम: पुरुजित्‌ पुरुसत्तम: । विनयो जय: सत्यसंधो दाशार्ह: सात्वतां पति:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | somapo'mṛtapāḥ somaḥ purujit puruṣottamaḥ | vinayo jayaḥ satyasaṃdho dāśārhaḥ sātvatāṃ patiḥ ||

Translation

Disse Bhīṣma: Ele é o bebedor de Soma; o bebedor da imortalidade; e o próprio Soma. Ele é o conquistador de muitos e a Pessoa Suprema. Ele é disciplina — que humilha e refreia os perversos; Ele é a própria Vitória. Ele é infalivelmente fiel aos seus votos. Nascido na linhagem Dāśārha, é o senhor dos Sātvatas (os Yādavas) e o mestre de seus devotos.

Word by Word

• somapaḥ: Soma-drinker
• somapaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: somapa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• amṛtapaḥ: nectar-drinker
• amṛtapaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛtapa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• somaḥ: Soma; the Moon
• somaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• purujit: conqueror of many
• purujit: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: purujit
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• purusattamaḥ: best of men
• purusattamaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: purusattama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• vinayaḥ: discipline; (one who is) restraint
• vinayaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinaya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• jayaḥ: victory; (one who is) victorious
• jayaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• satyasaṃdhaḥ: true to his vow; of truthful resolve
• satyasaṃdhaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satyasaṃdha
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• dāśārhaḥ: scion of the Dāśārha line
• dāśārhaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāśārha
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• sātvātām: of the Sātvatas (Yādavas)
• sātvātām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sātvata
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• patiḥ: lord; master
• patiḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Soma
• Amṛta
• Dāśārha lineage
• Sātvatas (Yādavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that divine greatness is not merely power to win (jaya, purujit) but also moral steadiness—truth to one’s vows (satyasaṃdha) and the capacity to discipline and correct wrongdoing (vinaya). Sovereignty is portrayed as ethical governance aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira and reciting a sequence of divine epithets (as in the tradition of the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma). This verse lists several names praising the Lord—linking sacrificial imagery (Soma, amṛta) with kingship, victory, and unwavering truth.