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Shloka 86

स्तव्य: स्तवप्रिय: स्तोत्र स्तुति: स्तोता रणप्रिय: । पूर्ण: पूरयिता पुण्य: पुण्यकीर्तिरनामय:

stavyāḥ stavapriyaḥ stotraṁ stutiḥ stotā raṇapriyaḥ | pūrṇaḥ pūrayitā puṇyaḥ puṇyakīrtir anāmayaḥ ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า—พระองค์ทรงควรแก่การสรรเสริญ; ทรงยินดีในคำสรรเสริญของภักตะ. พระองค์ทรงเป็นบทสโตตระที่ขับขานคุณและเดชานุภาพ; ทรงเป็นการบูชาเอง; และทรงเป็นผู้สรรเสริญด้วย. พระองค์ทรงโปรดการศึกอันชอบธรรมเพื่อพิทักษ์ธรรมะ. พระองค์ทรงบริบูรณ์ในสรรพคุณ; ทรงทำให้ภักตะบริบูรณ์ทุกประการ. พระองค์ทรงเป็นบุญกุศลเอง—เพียงระลึกก็ล้างบาป; พระเกียรติยศทรงชำระให้บริสุทธิ์ยิ่ง; และทรงปราศจากทุกความเจ็บไข้ทั้งภายในและภายนอก.

स्तव्यःworthy to be praised
स्तव्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्तव्य (√स्तु + यत्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्तवप्रियःfond of praise/hymns
स्तवप्रियः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्तव-प्रिय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्तोत्रम्a hymn (instrument of praise)
स्तोत्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्तुतिःpraise; eulogy
स्तुतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्तुति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्तोताpraiser; one who praises
स्तोता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोतृ (from √स्तु)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रणप्रियःfond of battle
रणप्रियः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरण-प्रिय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूर्णःfull; complete
पूर्णः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पूरयिताthe fulfiller; one who makes (others) complete
पूरयिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपूरयितृ (causative agent noun from √पॄ/√पूर्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुण्यःholy; meritorious; purifying
पुण्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुण्यकीर्तिःone whose fame is holy/pure
पुण्यकीर्तिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य-कीर्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अनामयःfree from disease; untroubled
अनामयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनामय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
T
the praised Lord (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa as the subject of the hymn)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents the Lord as the complete source and goal of devotion: He is both the object of praise and, in a deeper sense, the power enabling praise. Ethically, it links devotion with dharma—affirming that even conflict can be righteous when undertaken to protect moral order, while emphasizing purification through remembrance and sanctifying fame.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and extols the supreme Lord through a litany of divine epithets (the tradition of the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma). This verse is one segment of that praise, describing the Lord’s relationship to worship, His perfection, His role as fulfiller of devotees, and His freedom from all affliction.