Shloka 6
Devanagari script
अनादिनिधन विष्णुं सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् । लोकाध्यक्षं स्तुवन् नित्यं सर्वदुःखातिगो भवेत्
Transliteration
anādinidhanaṁ viṣṇuṁ sarvalokamaheśvaram | lokādhyakṣaṁ stuvan nityaṁ sarvaduḥkhātigo bhavet ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：若有人恒常赞颂毗湿奴——无始无终、诸世界之至上主、统摄世间之主宰——便能超越一切忧苦。
Word by Word
अनादिनिधनम्beginningless and endless
अनादिनिधनम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनादिनिधन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विष्णुम्Vishnu
विष्णुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्the great lord of all worlds
सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वलोकमहेश्वर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
लोकाध्यक्षम्the ruler/overseer of the world(s)
लोकाध्यक्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोकाध्यक्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
स्तुवन्praising
स्तुवन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
सर्वदुःखातिगःone who has gone beyond all sorrow
सर्वदुःखातिगः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वदुःखातिग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवेत्would become / may become
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormVidhi-lin (optative), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaV
VishnuCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Constant praise and remembrance of Vishnu—understood as the eternal, all-pervading Lord and overseer of the cosmos—enables a person to transcend suffering. The emphasis is on nityatā (steadiness/continuity) in devotion as a transformative practice.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma is teaching about dharma and spiritual disciplines. Here he recommends sustained stuti of Vishnu, presenting it as a means to rise beyond the pains of worldly existence.