Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ब्रह्माण्यं सर्वधर्मज्ञें लोकानां कीर्तिवर्धनम्‌ । लोकनाथं महदभूतं सर्वभूतभवोद्धवम्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | brahmāṇyaṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ lokānāṃ kīrtivardhanam | lokanāthaṃ mahadbhūtaṃ sarvabhūtabhavodbhavam | brāhmaṇānāṃ hitakārī sarvadharmavidāṃ varam | prāṇināṃ kīrtivardhānaṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram | sarvabhūtodbhava-sthānaṃ saṃsāra-kāraṇa-rūpiṇam | parameśvaraṃ stuvato manuṣyasya sarvaduḥkhāni praṇaśyanti ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：若赞颂至上主——护持婆罗门者、通达一切法与正法者、增长众生善名者、诸世界之主、万有出生之大本源、亦为世间存在之因相者——人便得解脱一切忧苦。

Word by Word

• ब्रह्माण्यम्: devoted to Brahman / favorable to Brahmins
• ब्रह्माण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वधर्मज्ञम्: knower of all dharmas
• सर्वधर्मज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वधर्मज्ञ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds / of people
• लोकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कीर्तिवर्धनम्: increaser of fame
• कीर्तिवर्धनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्तिवर्धन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोकनाथम्: lord of the worlds
• लोकनाथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकनाथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभूतम्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वभूतभवोद्भवम्: source/origin of the existence of all beings
• सर्वभूतभवोद्भवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वभूतभवोद्भव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Parameśvara (Supreme Lord)
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that praising the Supreme Lord—described as the knower of all dharma and the source of all beings—destroys a person’s sorrows. Devotional praise is presented as an ethical-spiritual practice that purifies the mind and aligns one with dharma, leading to relief from suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and religious duties. Here he extols the Supreme Lord with a chain of epithets and states the fruit (phala) of such praise: the devotee becomes free from all duḥkha (sorrow).