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Shloka 56

रामो विरामो विरजो मार्गो नेयो नयोडनय: । वीर: शक्तिमतां श्रेष्ठो धर्मो धर्मविदुत्तम:

rāmo virāmo virajo mārgo neyo nayo 'nayaḥ | vīraḥ śaktimatāṃ śreṣṭho dharmo dharmaviduttamaḥ ||

بھیشم نے کہا—وہ ‘رام’ ہے—یوگیوں کی مسرت؛ ‘ویرام’—جس میں پرلے کے وقت جاندار آرام پاتے ہیں؛ ‘ویرج’—رجس و تمس سے سراسر پاک؛ ‘مارگ’—طالبانِ نجات کے لیے امرتتْو کا وسیلہ؛ ‘نےی’—اعلیٰ معرفت سے قابلِ ادراک؛ ‘نَیَ’—سب کو ضابطے میں رکھنے والا؛ ‘اَنَیَ’—مطلقاً خودمختار؛ ‘ویر’—دلیر و پرتوان؛ ‘شکتِمتاں شریشٹھ’—قوت والوں میں بھی سب سے برتر؛ ‘دھرم’—خود دھرم؛ اور ‘دھرم وِدُتّم’—دھرم کے جاننے والوں میں افضل۔

रामःRama (the delight-giving one)
रामः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विरामःrest; dissolution/cessation
विरामः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविराम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विरजःstainless; free from rajas (impurity)
विरजः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविरज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मार्गःpath; means (to liberation)
मार्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमार्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नेयःto be led/known; fit to be apprehended
नेयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नयःguidance; leading; discipline
नयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनयःnot-to-be-led; independent (lit. non-guidance)
अनयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअनय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वीरःhero; valiant one
वीरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शक्तिमताम्of the powerful
शक्तिमताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्तिमत्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
श्रेष्ठःbest; foremost
श्रेष्ठः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःdharma; righteousness; law
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मविदुत्तमःbest among knowers of dharma
धर्मविदुत्तमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मविदुत्तम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
R
Rāma (as a divine epithet)

Educational Q&A

The verse praises the Supreme as the source and standard of dharma: independent, stainless beyond the guṇas, the regulator of cosmic and moral order, and the very path by which liberation is attained. Ethical life (dharma) is grounded in aligning oneself with that highest order.

Bhīṣma, in his instruction during the Anuśāsana Parva, recites a sequence of divine names/epithets (in the style of the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma tradition), explaining the Lord’s qualities—cosmic (pralaya, guṇas) and ethical (dharma, guidance)—to teach Yudhiṣṭhira about righteousness and ultimate refuge.