Shloka 71
महावराहो गोविन्द: सुषेण: कनकाड्रदी । गुह्रो गभीरो गहनो गुप्तश्चक्रगदाधर:
bhīṣma uvāca | mahāvarāho govindaḥ suṣeṇaḥ kanakāṅgadī | guhyo gabhīro gahano guptaś cakragadādharaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：祂是瞿文陀（Govinda），大野猪（Mahāvarāha）——曾示现威猛的婆罗诃（Varāha）之形；是苏舍那（Suṣeṇa），有美妙的眷属之众随侍；是金臂环者（Kanakāṅgadī），佩戴黄金臂钏；是秘隐者（Guhya），藏于心中幽秘之空；是深邃者（Gabhīra），不可测度；是幽玄者（Gahana），其体性难以洞入；是隐密者（Gupta），超越言语与心意；又是持轮持杵者（Cakragadādhara），为护持信众而执持神轮与神杵。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverent remembrance of the Lord through epithets that unite transcendence and moral guardianship: He is beyond speech and mind (guhya, gupta) yet actively protects dharma (cakragadādhara). Devotion is presented as an ethical refuge grounded in the Lord’s power to restore and safeguard.
Bhishma is reciting a sequence of divine names praising Govinda (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa). Each name highlights an aspect of the deity—incarnation as Varāha, majestic attendants, divine adornment, hidden inner presence, profundity, and protective weapon-bearing—within the broader Anuśāsana Parva context of instruction on dharma and sacred praise.