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Shloka 70

महर्षि: कपिलाचार्य: कृतज्ञों मेदिनीपति: । त्रिपदखस्रिदशाध्यक्षो महाशुड्र: कृतान्तकृत्‌

mahārṣiḥ kapilācāryaḥ kṛtajño medinīpatiḥ | tripad tridaśādhyakṣo mahāśṛṅgī kṛtāntakṛt ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า: “พระองค์คือมหาฤๅษีกปิละ อาจารย์ผู้ทรงเกียรติ; กฤตัชญะ ผู้ถือว่าการปรนนิบัติของภักตะเป็นหนี้บุญคุณ; เมทินีปติ เจ้าแห่งแผ่นดิน; ตริปทะ รูปจักรวาลผู้แผ่ครอบคลุมสามโลก; ตริดศาธยักษะ ผู้เป็นใหญ่เหนือเหล่าเทวะ; มหาศฤงคะ ผู้มีเขาอันยิ่งใหญ่; และ กฤตานตกฤต ผู้ทำให้กรรมทั้งปวงถึงความสิ้นสุดแก่ผู้ระลึกถึงพระองค์.”

महर्षिःgreat sage
महर्षिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कपिलाचार्यःKapila, the teacher
कपिलाचार्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकपिलाचार्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतज्ञःgrateful
कृतज्ञः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेदिनीपतिःlord of the earth
मेदिनीपतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमेदिनीपति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्रिपदःthree-stepped / having three strides
त्रिपदः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रिपद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्रिदशाध्यक्षःoverlord of the gods
त्रिदशाध्यक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिदशाध्यक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाशूद्रःthe great Śūdra (epithet)
महाशूद्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहाशूद्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतान्तकृत्ender of fate/death; one who brings about the end
कृतान्तकृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृतान्तकृत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
K
Kapila
D
Devas (Tridaśa)
T
Three worlds (Trailokya)

Educational Q&A

The verse strings together honorific epithets to present the divine as simultaneously teacher (Kapila), sovereign (lord of earth and gods), cosmic pervader (tripad), and liberator (kṛtāntakṛt). Ethically, it highlights gratitude (kṛtajña) as a divine quality—valuing devotees’ service and responding with protection and release from the bondage of action.

Bhīṣma is describing the Lord through a litany of names and attributes. The passage functions as praise and identification: it situates the deity as the source of wisdom (Kapila/Sāṅkhya), ruler of cosmic orders (earth, gods, three worlds), and the power that ends karmic consequences for those who remember and worship.