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Shloka 89

भूतावासो वासुदेव: सर्वासुनिलयोडनल: । दर्पहा दर्पदो दृप्तो दुर्धरोडथापराजित:

bhūtāvāso vāsudevaḥ sarvāsunilayo 'nalaḥ | darpahā darpado dṛpto durdharo 'thāparājitaḥ ||

Бхишма сказал: «Он — обитель всех существ; Он — Васудева, божественный Владыка, пронизывающий и объемлющий мир. Он — опора, в которой покоится жизнь всех тварей, и Он — “Анала”, с силой неизмеримой. Он сокрушает надменную гордыню тех, кто идет путем неправедным; Он дарует своим преданным чистую отвагу и духовное возвышение; Он вечно пребывает в радости, трудно постижим и удержим в сердце, и все же никем не может быть побежден».

भूतावासःabode of beings
भूतावासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूतावास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वासुदेवःVasudeva (Krishna)
वासुदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वासुनिलयःsupport/abode of all living beings
सर्वासुनिलयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वासुनिलय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनलःfire; the powerful one
अनलः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअनल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दर्पहाdestroyer of pride
दर्पहा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदर्पहन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दर्पदःgiver of pride/ardor (to devotees)
दर्पदः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदर्पद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दृप्तःexultant; radiant
दृप्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदृप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दुर्धरःhard to bear/hold; irresistible
दुर्धरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्धर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अथand; then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अपराजितःunconquered; invincible
अपराजितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपराजित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
V
Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse praises the Lord as the universal refuge and the inner support of all life, while stressing an ethical contrast: pride rooted in unrighteousness is destroyed, whereas devotees receive purified courage and uplift. The divine is both intimate (abode of beings) and transcendent (hard to grasp), and ultimately invincible.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and devotion. Here he continues a litany of divine epithets describing Vāsudeva’s nature—his cosmic pervasion, his role as the support of life, his moral governance (humbling the arrogant), and his unconquerable sovereignty.