Shloka 79

Devanagari script

अप्रमेयशरीराय सर्वतोबुद्धिचक्षुषे । अनन्तपरिमेयाय तस्मै दिव्यात्मने नमः,जिनका स्वरूप किसी प्रमाणका विषय नहीं है, जिनके बुद्धिरूपी नेत्र सब ओर व्याप्त हो रहे हैं तथा जिनके भीतर अनन्त विषयोंका समावेश है, उन दिव्यात्मा परमेश्वरको नमस्कार है

Transliteration

aprameyaśarīrāya sarvatobuddhicakṣuṣe | anantaparimeyāya tasmai divyātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

எந்த அளவுகோலாலும் அறிய இயலாத வடிவுடையவர், அறிவே கண்களாய் எங்கும் பரவி நோக்குபவர், எண்ணிலடங்கா பொருள்கள் அனைத்தையும் தம்முள் கொண்டவர்—அந்த தெய்வாத்ம பரமேசுவரனுக்கு வணக்கம்.

Word by Word

अप्रमेय-शरीरायto the one whose body is immeasurable/unknowable by pramāṇa

सर्वतः-बुद्धि-चक्षुषेto the one whose eye (vision) is intellect everywhere

अनन्त-परिमेयायto the one measurable as infinite / of infinite measure

तस्मैto him

दिव्य-आत्मनेto the divine self

नमःsalutation

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Divyātmā (Supreme Lord/Paramātman)

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?

The verse teaches reverence for the Supreme as transcendent and all-knowing: God is beyond empirical verification (aprameya), yet is the universal witness through omnipresent intelligence (sarvatobuddhicakṣus). Recognizing this reality supports ethical life by grounding humility, right discernment, and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he pauses to offer a hymn-like salutation, praising the Divine Self’s immeasurable nature and omniscient awareness, setting a devotional and philosophical tone within his ethical instruction.