Shloka 70

Devanagari script

महर्षि: कपिलाचार्य: कृतज्ञों मेदिनीपति: । त्रिपदखस्रिदशाध्यक्षो महाशुड्र: कृतान्तकृत्‌

Transliteration

mahārṣiḥ kapilācāryaḥ kṛtajño medinīpatiḥ | tripad tridaśādhyakṣo mahāśṛṅgī kṛtāntakṛt ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Он — великий риши Капила, почитаемый учитель; Критаджня, Благодарный, считающий служение преданных своим долгом; Мединіпати, Владыка земли; Трипада, вселенская форма трёх шагов, объемлющая три мира; Тридашадхьякша, повелитель богов; Махашринга, Великий Рогатый; и Кританткрит, Творящий Конец, приводящий все деяния к прекращению».

Word by Word

• महर्षिः: great sage
• महर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कपिलाचार्यः: Kapila, the teacher
• कपिलाचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिलाचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतज्ञः: grateful
• कृतज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मेदिनीपतिः: lord of the earth
• मेदिनीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिपदः: three-stepped / having three strides
• त्रिपदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिपद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिदशाध्यक्षः: overlord of the gods
• त्रिदशाध्यक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदशाध्यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाशूद्रः: the great Śūdra (epithet)
• महाशूद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशूद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतान्तकृत्: ender of fate/death; one who brings about the end
• कृतान्तकृत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतान्तकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kapila
• Devas (Tridaśa)
• Three worlds (Trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse strings together honorific epithets to present the divine as simultaneously teacher (Kapila), sovereign (lord of earth and gods), cosmic pervader (tripad), and liberator (kṛtāntakṛt). Ethically, it highlights gratitude (kṛtajña) as a divine quality—valuing devotees’ service and responding with protection and release from the bondage of action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing the Lord through a litany of names and attributes. The passage functions as praise and identification: it situates the deity as the source of wisdom (Kapila/Sāṅkhya), ruler of cosmic orders (earth, gods, three worlds), and the power that ends karmic consequences for those who remember and worship.