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Shloka 85

महाक्रमो महाकर्मा महातेजा महोरग: । महाक्रतुर्महायज्वा महायज्ञों महाहवि:

mahākramo mahākarmā mahātejā mahoragaḥ | mahākratur mahāyajvā mahāyajño mahāhaviḥ ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า—พระองค์ทรงมีมหาก้าวย่างและมหากิจ; ทรงรุ่งโรจน์ด้วยเดชอันไพศาล และทรงลุ่มลึกทรงพลังดุจมหานาค. พระองค์ทรงเป็นมหากรตุ—คือยัญญะเอง; ทรงเป็นมหายัชวา ผู้ประกอบยัญญะใหญ่เพื่อสวัสดิภาพแห่งโลก; ทรงเป็นมหายัญญะ—ซึ่งบรรดาการบูชาและวินัยทั้งปวงปรากฏเป็นวิภูติของพระองค์; และทรงเป็นมหาหวิ—แก่นสารอันควรถวายลงในไฟทิพย์.

महाक्रमःof great stride/advance; having great movement
महाक्रमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाक्रम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाकर्माof great deeds; performing mighty actions
महाकर्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाकर्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महातेजाःof great splendor/energy
महातेजाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहातेजस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महोरगःa great serpent (mighty nāga)
महोरगः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहोरग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाक्रतुःof great sacrifice/rite; a great yajña-form
महाक्रतुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाक्रतु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महायज्वाa great sacrificer; one who performs great sacrifices
महायज्वा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहायज्वन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महायज्ञःthe great sacrifice; of the nature of a great yajña
महायज्ञः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहायज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाहविःgreat oblation; of the nature of a great offering
महाहविः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाहविस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
T
The Supreme Lord (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa implied by the epithets)

Educational Q&A

The verse identifies the Supreme as both the performer of righteous acts and the very substance of worship: He is the sacrificer, the sacrifice, and the offering. Ethically, it implies that dharma is fulfilled when action is consecrated—done for loka-saṅgraha (the welfare and cohesion of the world) and offered inwardly to the Highest rather than claimed as personal merit.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and extols the Supreme through a sequence of divine epithets. This verse is part of that laudatory enumeration, presenting God in sacrificial imagery to connect Vedic ritual, moral duty, and devotion into a single vision.