Shloka 12

Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa

Assembly Hymn of Many Names

Devanagari script

स्विष्टकृद्‌ भिषजावर्त: कपिलस्त्वं च वामन: । यज्ञो ध्रुवः पतड्ञश्न यज्ञसेनस्त्वमुच्यसे,“आपहीको लोग अभीष्टसाधक, अश्विनीकुमारोंके पिता सूर्य, कपिल मुनि, वामन, यज्ञ, ध्रुव, गरुड़ तथा यज्ञसेन कहते हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | sviṣṭakṛd bhiṣajā vartaḥ kapilas tvaṁ ca vāmanaḥ | yajño dhruvaḥ pataṅgaś ca yajñasenas tvam ucyase ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Тебя прославляют многими именами и отождествлениями: как Свиштакрит (Sviṣṭakṛt) — совершающий и завершающий хорошо исполненное жертвоприношение; как Бхишадж (Bhīṣaj) — целитель; как Аварта (Āvarta) — круговорот; как Капила и также как Вамана. Тебя называют Яджня (Yajña) — самим жертвоприношением, Дхрува (Dhruva) — неизменным и стойким, Патанга (Pataṅga) — солнечной птицей, то есть Солнцем, и Яджнясена (Yajñasena) — тем, чьё воинство есть жертва».

Word by Word

• स्विष्टकृत्: the accomplisher of what is well-offered (one who makes the sacrifice successful)
• स्विष्टकृत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्विष्टकृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भिषज्: physician; healer
• भिषज्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आवर्तः: whirl; cycle; (as epithet) the revolving one
• आवर्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कपिलः: Kapila
• कपिलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; Yajña (personified)
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ध्रुवः: Dhruva; the fixed one
• ध्रुवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पतगाशनः: bird-eater (Garuda)
• पतगाशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतगाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञसेनः: Yajñasena (he whose army is sacrifice / named Yajñasena)
• यज्ञसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• उच्यसे: are called; are said to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Ātmanepada, Passive

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sviṣṭakṛt
• Bhīṣaj
• Āvarta
• Kapila
• Vāmana
• Yajña
• Dhruva
• Pataṅga (Sun)
• Yajñasena

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the Supreme (or the highest sacred principle being praised) can be rightly approached through many names tied to dharmic functions—sacrifice, healing, cosmic cycles, and steadfastness—so reverence for dharma is broadened beyond a single form or label.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, in the course of Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented discourse, recites a praise-list of epithets, identifying the addressed divinity/principle with multiple revered figures and functions (Kapila, Vāmana, Yajña, Dhruva, the Sun), emphasizing all-encompassing sacred presence.