Shloka 1310

Devanagari script

अरौद्र: कुण्डली चक्री विक्रम्यूजितशासन: । शब्दातिग: शब्दसह: शिशिर: शर्वरीकर:

Transliteration

araudraḥ kuṇḍalī cakrī vikramyūjitaśāsanaḥ | śabdātigaḥ śabdasahaḥ śiśiraḥ śarvarīkaraḥ |

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—ఆయన రౌద్రస్వభావుడు కాదు; కుండలాలతో అలంకృతుడు, చక్రధారి. ఆయన శాసనం పరాక్రమముచే దృఢముగా స్థాపితమైంది. ఆయన శబ్దాతీతుడు, అయినా శబ్దసహుడు; శిశిరస్వభావుడు, శర్వరీని (రాత్రిని) కలిగించువాడు.

Word by Word

• अरौद्रः: not fierce; gentle
• अरौद्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रौद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुण्डली: wearing earrings; ringed/coiled
• कुण्डली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुण्डलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चक्री: bearing a discus/wheel
• चक्री: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विक्रम: by prowess/valour
• विक्रम: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ऊर्जित: mighty; strengthened
• ऊर्जित: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शासनः: ruler; one who commands
• शासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दातिगः: going beyond sound; transcending words
• शब्दातिगः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शब्द-अतिग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दसहः: enduring sound; patient of noise/words
• शब्दसहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शब्द-सह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिशिरः: cool; refreshing
• शिशिरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिशिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शर्वरीकरः: maker of night; causing darkness
• शर्वरीकरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर्वरी-कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• cakra (discus)
• kuṇḍala (earrings)
• śarvarī (night)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises an ideal sovereign/divine figure whose power is grounded in valor yet tempered by gentleness: he is not wrathful, can endure harsh speech, and remains cooling and stabilizing—suggesting that true authority is joined with self-restraint and beneficence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his didactic discourse by describing exalted qualities—here in a compact list of epithets—characterizing a supreme protector/ideal ruler (often read as a Viṣṇu-like figure due to ‘cakrī’), emphasizing both might and moral composure.