Shloka 40

Devanagari script

असंख्येयो<प्रमेयात्मा विशिष्ट: शिष्टकृच्छुचि: । सिद्धार्थ: सिद्धसंकल्प: सिद्धिद: सिद्धिसाधन:

Transliteration

asaṅkhyeyo 'prameyātmā viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭakṛc chuciḥ | siddhārthaḥ siddhasaṅkalpaḥ siddhidaḥ siddhisādhanaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Ngài vượt ngoài mọi đếm kể và mọi đo lường trong chính bản thể—tối thượng, làm nên bậc hiền lương, và tuyệt đối thanh tịnh. Mục đích của Ngài đã viên mãn; ý chí của Ngài chân thật không sai chạy. Ngài ban thành tựu và quả báo cho muôn loài theo phần đáng được, và chính Ngài cũng là phương tiện để sự thành tựu ấy được đạt đến.

Word by Word

• असंख्येयः: innumerable; beyond counting
• असंख्येयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंख्येय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अप्रमेयात्मा: whose nature/self is immeasurable
• अप्रमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रमेयात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशिष्टः: distinguished; excellent
• विशिष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिष्टकृत्: maker of the well-disciplined/noble; ennobling
• शिष्टकृत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्टकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure; spotless
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धार्थः: one whose purpose is accomplished
• सिद्धार्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धसंकल्पः: one whose resolve is unfailing/true
• सिद्धसंकल्पः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धसंकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धिदः: giver of success/attainment
• सिद्धिदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धिद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धिसाधनः: means/cause of success; accomplisher of attainment
• सिद्धिसाधनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धिसाधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverence for the Supreme as immeasurable and supremely pure, emphasizing that true accomplishment and its fruits ultimately arise from the Divine—who both grants results justly and provides the means to attain them.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira on dharma and sacred praise; here he recites a sequence of divine epithets describing the Supreme’s transcendent nature and role as the source and giver of spiritual and worldly success.