Shloka 70
महर्षि: कपिलाचार्य: कृतज्ञों मेदिनीपति: । त्रिपदखस्रिदशाध्यक्षो महाशुड्र: कृतान्तकृत्
mahārṣiḥ kapilācāryaḥ kṛtajño medinīpatiḥ | tripad tridaśādhyakṣo mahāśṛṅgī kṛtāntakṛt ||
毗湿摩说道：“祂是大圣迦毗罗（Kapila），受敬仰的导师；是知恩者（Kṛtajña），将信众的奉事视作自己当偿之恩债；是大地之主（Medinīpati）；是三足之宇宙形（Tripada），遍满三界；是天众之主（Tridaśādhyakṣa）；是大角者（Mahāśṛṅga）；亦是终结之作者（Kṛtāntakṛt），令一切业行归于止息。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse strings together honorific epithets to present the divine as simultaneously teacher (Kapila), sovereign (lord of earth and gods), cosmic pervader (tripad), and liberator (kṛtāntakṛt). Ethically, it highlights gratitude (kṛtajña) as a divine quality—valuing devotees’ service and responding with protection and release from the bondage of action.
Bhīṣma is describing the Lord through a litany of names and attributes. The passage functions as praise and identification: it situates the deity as the source of wisdom (Kapila/Sāṅkhya), ruler of cosmic orders (earth, gods, three worlds), and the power that ends karmic consequences for those who remember and worship.