Shloka 99

Devanagari script

सुवर्णबिन्दुरक्षो भ्यः सर्ववागीश्ररेश्वर: । महाह्ददो महागर्तो महाभूतो महानिधि:

Transliteration

suvarṇabindur akṣobhyaḥ sarvavāgīśvareśvaraḥ | mahāhradō mahāgarto mahābhūto mahānidhiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: Ele é a sílaba mística de ponta dourada, inabalável por qualquer força, soberano até mesmo de todos os senhores da palavra. Ele é o vasto lago no qual os meditadores mergulham e se absorvem na bem-aventurança; o grande abismo de profundidade insondável; a grande Realidade elemental, imperecível; e o grande tesouro e refúgio de todos os seres.

Word by Word

• सुवर्णबिन्दुः: the one of golden dot (auspicious bindu/Om-form)
• सुवर्णबिन्दुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्णबिन्दु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अक्षोभ्यः: unshakable, not to be agitated
• अक्षोभ्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षोभ्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्ववागीश्वरेश्वरः: lord of all lords of speech
• सर्ववागीश्वरेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ववागीश्वरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाह्रदः: great lake (vast reservoir)
• महाह्रदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाह्रद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महागर्तः: great pit/abyss (deep cavity)
• महागर्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागर्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभूतः: the great being / great element
• महाभूतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महानिधिः: great treasure; great repository
• महानिधिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानिधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Īśvara (the Supreme Lord)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents the Supreme as the unshakable ground of reality and the ultimate source and master of speech, knowledge, and bliss. Ethically, it directs the listener toward steadiness (akṣobhyatā), reverent contemplation, and reliance on the Divine as the deepest refuge and ‘treasure’ beyond worldly instability.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and spiritual practice. Here he continues a litany of divine names (stuti), describing the Lord through dense epithets that highlight transcendence, sovereignty, and the meditative experience of entering divine bliss.