Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पितामहो जगन्नाथ: सावित्री ब्रह्मण: सती । वेदभूरथ कर्ता च विष्णुर्नारायण: प्रभु:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca |

pitāmaho jagannāthaḥ sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ satī |

vedabhūr atha kartā ca viṣṇur nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ ||

Translation

పితామహుడు, జగన్నాథుడు బ్రహ్మ; బ్రహ్ముని పతివ్రత సతి సావిత్రి; మరియు వేదముల మూలమై జగత్తు కర్తయైన ప్రభువు విష్ణువు—నారాయణుడు.

Word by Word

• पितामहः: Grandfather; Brahmā (as progenitor)
• पितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगन्नाथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī (goddess)
• सावित्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सती: the virtuous one; chaste lady
• सती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदभूः: source/origin of the Vedas
• वेदभूः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदभू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and then; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कर्ता: creator; doer
• कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: lord; master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha, Jagannātha)
• Sāvitrī
• Viṣṇu
• Nārāyaṇa
• Vedas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Recollection of the highest divine principles—Brahmā as cosmic progenitor, Sāvitrī as chaste Vedic inspiration, and Nārāyaṇa as the lordly source of sacred order—functions as a dharmic act. The verse models how reverence and right remembrance are used to seek protection and to orient the mind toward cosmic law (ṛta/dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma begins a formal enumeration/invocation. This verse names the first figures—Brahmā with Sāvitrī and Nārāyaṇa/Viṣṇu—before the text proceeds to list further deities, sages, rivers, mountains, and sacred places as part of a comprehensive protective recitation.