Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 155 Shloka 47 - Mahabharata | Urdu | Vedapath

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Shloka 47

Devanagari script

इष्टोडविशिष्ट: शिष्टेष्ट: शिखण्डी नहुषो वृष: । क्रोधहा क्रोधकृत्कर्ता विश्वबाहुर्महीधर:

Transliteration

iṣṭo’viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭeṣṭaḥ śikhaṇḍī nahuṣo vṛṣaḥ | krodhahā krodhakṛtkartā viśvabāhur mahīdharaḥ ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا: وہ محبوب ہے—کیونکہ وہی اعلیٰ ترین سرور کی صورت ہے؛ وہ بے قیدِ اوصاف ہے—محدود صفات سے ماورا؛ وہ شائستہ و منضبط لوگوں کا منتخب معبود ہے؛ وہ شِکھنڈی ہے—مورپَر کو تاجِ سر بنانے والا؛ وہ نہوش ہے—جو مایا کے ذریعے موجودات کو باندھتا ہے؛ وہ وِرش ہے—دھرم کا مجسّم، جو جائز خواہشیں پوری کرتا ہے۔ وہ غصّے کا مٹانے والا ہے؛ غصّے میں عمل کرنے والے دیو و دَیّت وغیرہ کا قاہر و ہلاک کرنے والا کرتّا ہے؛ وہ وِشْوَباہُو ہے—جس کے بازو ہر سمت پھیلے ہیں؛ اور وہ مہیدھر ہے—جو زمین کو تھامے رکھتا ہے۔

Word by Word

इष्टःbeloved, dear

अविशिष्टःundistinguished; without special limitation

शिष्टेष्टःdear to the virtuous / worshipped by the learned

शिखण्डीone wearing a crest/peacock-feather (crested one)

नहुषःNahusha (name/epithet)

वृषःbull; (figuratively) dharma/virile strength

क्रोधहाdestroyer of anger

क्रोधकृत्कर्ताmaker/agent of (righteous) wrath; one who causes/executes wrath

विश्वबाहुःone whose arms are everywhere; all-armed

महीधरःsupporter of the earth; earth-bearer

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

the Supreme Lord (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa as implied by the sahasranāma-style epithets)

māyā

earth (mahī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The Divine is praised as both beyond limiting attributes (aviśiṣṭaḥ) and as the active guardian of dharma—destroying anger and wrath-driven forces (krodhahā, krodhakṛtkartā) while sustaining the world (mahīdharaḥ). Ethically, it elevates self-control over anger as a divine-aligned virtue and presents dharma as protected and fulfilled by the Supreme.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira and recites a litany of divine names/epithets in praise of the Supreme Lord. This verse is one segment of that praise, enumerating qualities that portray the Lord as beloved, worshipped by the righteous, symbolically adorned (peacock-crested), and as the cosmic supporter who subdues anger and protects the world.