Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 98 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 98

Devanagari script

उद्धव: सुन्दर: सुन्दो रत्ननाभ: सुलोचन: । अर्को वाजसन: शृज्जी जयन्त: सर्वविज्जयी

Transliteration

uddhavaḥ sundaraḥ sundaḥ ratnanābhaḥ sulocanaḥ | arko vājasanaḥ śṛjñī jayantaḥ sarvavijjayī ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच— उद्धवः सुन्दरः सुन्दो रत्ननाभः सुलोचनः। अर्को वाजसनः शृज्ञी जयन्तः सर्वविज्जयी॥

Word by Word

उद्धवःUddhava (name/epithet)

सुन्दरःhandsome, beautiful

सुन्दःSunda (name/epithet)

रत्ननाभःone whose navel is like a jewel

सुलोचनःone with beautiful eyes

अर्कःArka; the Sun (epithet)

वाजसनःgiver of food/provisions (to supplicants)

शृज्जीŚṛjjī (epithet/name; lit. horned one)

जयन्तःvictorious; Jayanta

सर्वविज्जयीall-conquering; victorious over all

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

the Lord (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa) as the referent of the epithets

Matsya (horned fish form, implied by Śṛjñī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Remembering and reciting the Lord’s auspicious names is presented as a dharmic act: the names encapsulate virtues—beauty, compassion, generosity, protective power, and invincibility—guiding the listener toward devotion and ethical orientation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s discourse (Anuśāsana Parva), he continues a litany of divine epithets, listing several names that glorify the Lord and hint at mythic functions (such as the horned fish form at pralaya), as part of a larger instruction on dharma and worship.