Shloka 58

वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म

Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving

Devanagari script

नमस्यश्लैव मान्यश्न सर्वप्राणिभिरी श्वर: । अनेन हि समाविष्टो वृत्रो धर्मभूतां वर:

Transliteration

namasyaś caiva mānyaś ca sarva-prāṇibhir īśvaraḥ | anena hi samāviṣṭo vṛtro dharma-bhūtān varaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Este Senhor deve ser saudado com reverência e honrado por todos os seres vivos. De fato, por Ele foi Vṛtra—o mais eminente entre os justos—entrado/possuído.”

Word by Word

• नमस्यः: worthy of salutation
• नमस्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नमस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मान्यः: worthy of honor
• मान्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वप्राणिभिः: by all living beings
• सर्वप्राणिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वप्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ईश्वरः: the Lord
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनेन: by this/with this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• समाविष्टः: entered/possessed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-विश् (धातु) / समाविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृत्रः: Vṛtra (Vṛtrāsura)
• वृत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मभूतानाम्: of the righteous (those whose nature is dharma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best/excellent
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Īśvara (Lord)
• Vṛtra (Vṛtrāsura)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That the supreme Lord is universally worthy of reverence, and that even formidable powers and events unfold under divine governance; moral excellence (dharma) is acknowledged within this larger cosmic sovereignty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma explains that the Lord—described in the surrounding context as manifesting as a fierce, Mahādeva-linked ‘fever’ force—can enter beings; he cites Vṛtra, praised as foremost among the righteous, as one who was entered by that divine agency.