Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ध्रुवं श्रेयः परं तात भविष्यति तवोत्तमम्‌ | यस्य ते पुरुषव्याप्र: सखा चायं जनार्दन:,तात! तुम्हारा तो अवश्य ही परम उत्तम कल्याण होगा; क्योंकि ये पुरुषसिंह जनार्दन तुम्हारे मित्र हैं

Transliteration

dhruvaṁ śreyaḥ paraṁ tāta bhaviṣyati tavottamam | yasya te puruṣavyāghraḥ sakhā cāyaṁ janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

తాతా! నీకు పరమోత్తమమైన శ్రేయస్సు నిశ్చయంగా కలుగుతుంది; ఎందుకంటే పురుషసింహుడైన జనార్దనుడు నీ మిత్రుడు।

Word by Word

ध्रुवम्certainly, surely

श्रेयःwelfare, good

परम्supreme, highest

तातdear son / dear one (vocative)

भविष्यतिwill be

तवof you, your

उत्तमम्best, excellent

यस्यwhose, of whom

तेyour, of you

पुरुषव्याप्रःmanly exertion/enterprise (as a personified support)

सखाfriend

चand

अयम्this (one)

जनार्दनःJanardana (Krishna)

तातdear son / dear one (vocative)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Janardana (Krishna)

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?

True welfare (śreyas) becomes certain when one is aligned with dharma and supported by divine wisdom; Bhishma underscores that Krishna’s friendship is a guarantee of the listener’s highest good.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing and consoling the listener; here he offers reassurance that the listener’s supreme good is assured because Krishna (Janardana), famed for protecting and guiding the righteous, stands as his friend.