Shloka 36
गुरुर्गुरुतमो धाम सत्य: सत्यपराक्रम: । निमिषो5निमिष: सत्रग्वी वाचस्पतिरुदारथी:
gurur gurutamo dhāma satyaḥ satyaparākramaḥ | nimiṣo'nimiṣaḥ sragvī vācaspatir udāradhīḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：他是导师（Guru）——至上之师；诸师之最尊；亦是一切世界的归依与住处。他即真理，其威勇从不落空。他是入瑜伽睡眠而合目者；亦是不瞬者，示现为鱼之化身。他佩戴胜利花鬘；作为言语与知识之主（Vācaspati），具足高贵而照彻的智慧，使万有真实显现。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverence for the Divine as the ultimate source of guidance and knowledge (guru, vācaspati), the ground of reality (dhāma, satya), and the protector whose power is effective and righteous (satyaparākrama). It frames devotion as recognizing many complementary attributes—stillness (yogic slumber) and vigilant protection (unblinking), transcendence and incarnation.
Bhīṣma is describing and praising the Supreme Being through a chain of epithets. The passage functions as a devotional catalogue of divine qualities, linking cosmic roles (refuge, truth) with mythic manifestation (Matsya) and symbolic marks (victory garland), within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and worship.