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Shloka 7

Śānti Parva Adhyāya 43 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Stuti of Kṛṣṇa

Assembly Hymn of Many Names

Devanagari script

शुचिश्रवा हृषीकेशो घृतार्चिहँस उच्यते । त्रिचक्षु: शम्भुरेकस्त्वं विभुर्दामोदरोडपि च

Transliteration

śuciśravā hṛṣīkeśo ghṛtārcihaṁsa ucyate | tricakṣuḥ śambhur ekaḥ tvaṁ vibhur dāmodaro 'pi ca ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Твоя слава безупречно чиста. Ты — Хришикеша (Hṛṣīkeśa), внутренний владыка и побудитель всех чувств. Ты — Пуруша жертвоприношения, чьё пламя — топлёное масло; тебя также зовут Хамса (Haṁsa), незапятнанное Высшее Я. Ты и Шамбху (Śambhu), трёхокий Господь, — одно. Хотя ты всепроникающ и самодержавен, ты же и Дамодара (Dāmodara) — возлюбленный, позволивший Яшоде (Yaśodā) связать себя.»

Word by Word

शुचिश्रवाःone whose fame/hearing is pure (pure-renowned)

हृषीकेशःHṛṣīkeśa (lord of the senses)

घृतार्चिःone whose flame is ghee (ghee-flamed)

हंसःHaṃsa (swan; the pure supreme self)

उच्यतेis called / is said

त्रिचक्षुःthe three-eyed one

शम्भुःŚambhu (Śiva)

एकःone, identical

त्वम्you

विभुःall-pervading, mighty lord

दामोदरःDāmodara (one with a rope at the belly)

अपिalso, even

चand

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Hṛṣīkeśa

Haṁsa

Śambhu (Śiva)

Dāmodara

Yaśodā

Yajña (sacrifice)

Ghṛta (ghee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the unity of the Supreme across diverse names and forms: the same Lord is the inner controller of the senses (Hṛṣīkeśa), the principle of sacrifice (yajña), the stainless transcendent Self (Haṁsa), and is non-different from Śiva (Śambhu). It also highlights a key bhakti ethic: the all-pervading God freely accepts intimacy and ‘bondage’ out of love (Dāmodara).

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Śānti Parva’s reflective discourse, Vaiśampāyana reports a hymn-like praise addressed to the Supreme Lord, stringing together revered epithets to affirm his purity, cosmic sovereignty, and compassionate accessibility to devotees.