Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 22 - Mahabharata | Tagalog | Vedapath

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Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ईश्वरो विक्रमी धन्वी मेधावी विक्रम: क्रम: । अनुत्तमो दुराधर्ष: कृतज्ञ: कृतिरात्मवान्‌

Transliteration

īśvaro vikramī dhanvī medhāvī vikramaḥ kramaḥ | anuttamo durādharṣaḥ kṛtajñaḥ kṛtir ātmavān ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: Siya ang Panginoon—makapangyarihan at naghahari; bayani at matapang; may hawak na busog; sukdulang matalino; ang mismong anyo ng kagitingan at ng hakbang na may layon. Siya’y walang kapantay at di masusugpo; marunong tumanaw ng utang na loob kahit sa munting handog; ang saligan ng bawat mabisang pagsisikap ng tao; at may ganap na pagpipigil-sa-sarili—naninirahan sa sariling kaluwalhatian.

Word by Word

ईश्वरःthe Lord; sovereign

विक्रमीvalorous; mighty

धन्वीbow-bearing; archer

मेधावीintelligent; wise

विक्रमःvalor; prowess

क्रमःstride; step; progression

अनुत्तमःunsurpassed; supreme

दुराधर्षःinvincible; hard to overpower

कृतज्ञःgrateful; appreciative of what is done

कृतिःdeed; action; accomplishment

आत्मवान्self-possessed; having mastery of self

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Īśvara (the Lord)

Bow (dhanus)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the Lord as supreme and invincible, yet also profoundly responsive to devotion: even small offerings are acknowledged with great grace. Ethically, it elevates gratitude, steadfast power guided by order (krama), and self-mastery (ātmavān) as divine ideals.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is reciting a sequence of divine epithets—an encomium of the Lord’s qualities—within his instruction on dharma. This verse strings together names highlighting sovereignty, valor, intelligence, unassailability, gratitude toward devotees, and self-established majesty.