Shloka 44

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

जितं ते पुण्डरीकाक्ष नमस्ते विश्वभावन । नमस्ते<स्तु हृषीकेश महापुरुषपूर्वज

Transliteration

jitaṃ te puṇḍarīkākṣa namaste viśvabhāvana | namaste 'stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣapūrvaja ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“胜利归于你，莲眼者（Puṇḍarīkākṣa）！向你致敬，护持宇宙者（Viśvabhāvana）！确然向你致敬，赫利湿计沙（Hṛṣīkeśa）——万类伟大存在的本初之祖与根源！”

Word by Word

• जितम्: won; victory (is won)
• जितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पुण्डरीकाक्ष: O lotus-eyed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• विश्वभावन: O sustainer/creator of the universe
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वभावन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• अस्तु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin/Loṭ), 3rd, Singular

• हृषीकेश: O Hrishikesha (lord of the senses)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महापुरुषपूर्वज: O ancestor of the great persons
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुरुषपूर्वज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (speaker)
• Krishna (addressed as Puṇḍarīkākṣa, Viśvabhāvana, Hṛṣīkeśa, Mahāpuruṣapūrvaja)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that recognizing the Supreme as the sustainer of the world and the controller of the senses naturally leads to humility and reverent devotion; such reverence is presented as an ethical alignment with dharma and cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma voices (and reflects) a triumphant acclamation directed to Krishna, using a sequence of divine epithets to acknowledge Krishna’s supremacy and beneficent role as the source and supporter of the universe.