Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 156 Shloka 13 - Mahabharata | Urdu | Vedapath

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Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नमो<स्त्वृषिभ्य: परमं परेषां देवेषु देवं वरदं वराणाम्‌ सहस्रशीर्षाय नम: शिवाय सहस्ननामाय जनार्दनाय

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca |

namo 'stv ṛṣibhyaḥ paramaṃ pareṣāṃ deveṣu devaṃ varadaṃ varāṇām |

sahasraśīrṣāya namaḥ śivāya sahasranāmāya janārdanāya ||

vṛṣākapiś ca śambhuś ca havano 'theśvaras tathā |

ekādaśaite prathitā rudrās tribhuvaneśvarāḥ ||

ajai kapād ahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī aparājitaḥ |

ṛtaḥ pitṛrūpas tryambako maheśvaro vṛṣākapiḥ śambhur havana īśvaraḥ ||

Translation

برتر لوگوں میں برتر رِشیوں کو نمسکار۔ دیوتاؤں میں دیوتا، بر دینے والوں میں سب سے افضل ورَداتا کو نمسکار۔ ہزار سروں والے شِو کو نمسکار؛ ہزار ناموں والے جناردن کو نمسکار۔ وِرشاکپی، شَمبھو، ہَوَن اور اسی طرح ایشور—یہ تری بھون کے ادھیشور، مشہور ایکادش رُدر ہیں۔

Word by Word

नमःsalutation

तुindeed/and

ऋषिभ्यःto the sages

परमम्supreme (salutation)

परेषाम्of the highest/others (i.e., the foremost)

देवेषुamong the gods

देवम्the god

वरदम्boon-giving

वराणाम्of the excellent/boons

सहस्रशीर्षायto the thousand-headed one

नमःsalutation

शिवायto Śiva

सहस्रनामायto the thousand-named one

जनार्दनायto Janārdana

वृषाकपिःVṛṣākapi (a Rudra-name)

शम्भुःŚambhu

हवनःHavana (a Rudra-name)

अथand/then

ईश्वरःĪśvara

तथाthus/also

एकादशeleven

एतेthese

प्रथिताःrenowned/celebrated

रुद्राःRudras

त्रिभुवनेश्वराःlords of the three worlds

अजैकपात्Ajāikapād (a Rudra-name)

अहिर्बुध्न्यःAhirbudhnya (a Rudra-name)

पिनाकीPinākin (bearer of the bow Pināka)

अपराजितःunconquered

ऋतःṚta (cosmic order; as a name)

पितृरूपःof the form of the Pitṛs

त्र्यम्बकःTryambaka (three-eyed)

महेश्वरःMaheśvara (great lord)

वृषाकपिःVṛṣākapi

शम्भुःŚambhu

हवनःHavana

ईश्वरःĪśvara

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Ṛ

Ṛṣis (seers)

Śiva (Rudra)

Janārdana

Eleven Rudras

Vṛṣākapi

Śambhu

Havana

Īśvara

Ajaikapād

Ahirbudhnya

Pinākī

Aparājita

Ṛ

Ṛta

Pitṛrūpa

Tryambaka

Maheśvara

Three worlds (tribhuvana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverential devotion through divine praise: recognizing the supreme lordship and many epithets/forms of Rudra-Śiva (the eleven Rudras), and honoring the seers as transmitters of sacred knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and religious duties; here he offers a hymn-like salutation, naming and affirming the famed eleven Rudras as rulers of the three worlds.