Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अमोघतेजास्त्वं देव देवी चेयमुमा तथा

Transliteration

amoghatejās tvaṃ deva devī ceyam umā tathā

Translation

ข้าแต่เทพผู้เป็นเจ้า พระสิริเดชของพระองค์ไม่เคยสูญเปล่า และเทวีอุมานี้ก็เป็นเช่นนั้นด้วย

Word by Word

• अमोघतेजाः: of unfailing splendor/energy
• अमोघतेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमोघतेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• देव: O god
• देव: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उमा: Umā (Pārvatī)
• उमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Deva (Śiva)
• Devī Umā (Pārvatī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverence for divine power as inherently unfailing (amogha) and recognizes the shared, complementary potency of the divine couple—Śiva and Umā—implying that spiritual authority and protection arise from alignment with divinity and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is speaking in a didactic section of the Anuśāsana Parva, offering praise/affirmation of the deity addressed as Deva (understood as Śiva) and of Devī Umā, emphasizing their invincible radiance and status.