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Shloka 73

भगवान्‌ भगहानन्दी वनमाली हलायुध: । आदित्यो ज्योतिरादित्य: सहिष्णुर्गतिसत्तम:

bhagavān bhagahānandī vanamālī halāyudhaḥ | ādityo jyotirādityaḥ sahiṣṇur gatisattamaḥ ||

毗湿摩说道:祂是薄伽梵(Bhagavān),具足并施与神圣德能之主;是夺福者(Bhagahā),为增长信众之爱而摄去其富贵;是喜乐者(Ānandī),至乐之体;是林鬘者(Vanamālī),佩戴森林花鬘;是执犁为兵者(Halāyudha,婆罗罗摩之相);是阿底提之子(Āditya,侏儒化身Vāmana);是日中之光(Jyotirāditya),在太阳轮中辉耀的光明;是忍受者(Sahiṣṇu),能堪一切对待;亦是至上归趣(Gatisattama),为众生最高的依怙与终极之所归。

भगवान्the Blessed Lord; possessor of divine excellences
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भगहा-आनन्दीthe remover (of devotees' wealth) and the blissful one
भगहा-आनन्दी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभगहा + आनन्दिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वनमालीwearer of the forest-garland (Vaijayantī)
वनमाली:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवनमालिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हलायुधःhe whose weapon is the plough
हलायुधः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहल + आयुध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आदित्यःĀditya (son of Aditi); the solar deity
आदित्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ज्योतिरादित्यःthe radiant Āditya; the sun as light
ज्योतिरादित्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् + आदित्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहिष्णुःforbearing; patient
सहिष्णुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसहिष्णु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गतिसत्तमःthe best refuge/goal; the supreme course
गतिसत्तमः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगति + सत्तम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
B
Bhagavan (Vishnu/Narayana)
B
Balarama (Halayudha)
V
Vamana (Aditya)
S
Sun (Aditya, solar orb)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches devotion through contemplation of the Lord’s names: He is the supreme goal (gatisattama), present as cosmic radiance (jyotirāditya), and morally exemplary through forbearance (sahiṣṇu). Remembering these qualities encourages steadiness in dharma and surrender to the highest refuge.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and devotion; here he recites a sequence of divine epithets praising the Lord (in the style of the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma), identifying Him with forms such as Balarāma and Vāmana and with the sun’s inner radiance.