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Shloka 115

आधारनिलयोअ<थधाता पुष्पहास: प्रजागर: । ऊर्ध्वग: सत्पथाचार: प्राणद: प्रणव: पण:

bhīṣma uvāca | ādhāra-nilayo 'dhātā puṣpa-hāsaḥ prajāgaraḥ | ūrdhva-gaḥ satpathācāraḥ prāṇa-daḥ praṇavaḥ paṇaḥ ||

قال بيشما: هو مقامُ الإيواء وسندُ جميع الكائنات؛ قائمٌ بذاته، لا صانعَ فوقه. دائمُ اليقظة، كاملُ الانتباه، يشرق بابتسامةٍ لطيفةٍ متفتحةٍ كزهرة. ساكنٌ فوق كل شيء، يجسّد سلوك الطريق القويم ويقيمه. يمنح الحياة—بل يردّ الحياة إلى الساقط—وهو المقطع المقدّس «أوم» ذاته، الذي يعامل جميع الكائنات بميزانٍ بالغ الملاءمة والعدل.

आधारनिलयःthe abode/support (of all beings)
आधारनिलयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआधार-निलय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अधाताthe uncreated one; having no creator
अधाता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअ-धातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुष्पहासःone whose smile is like a flower
पुष्पहासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प-हास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रजागरःfully awake; ever-vigilant
प्रजागरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-जागर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ऊर्ध्वगःgoing upward; situated above
ऊर्ध्वगः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व-ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सत्पथाचारःone who follows the path of the good
सत्पथाचारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्-पथ-आचार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्राणदःgiver of life
प्राणदः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राण-द
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रणवःthe sacred syllable Om
प्रणवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रणव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पणःone who deals appropriately; proper conduct
पणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
P
Praṇava (Oṃ)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the Supreme is both transcendent and immanent: the foundational support of the world, self-existent, ever-awake, the very standard of righteous conduct, and the life-giver. Ethically, it links devotion to the Divine with commitment to satpatha—right conduct—as an expression of the Divine nature.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and praising the Supreme through a litany of divine names/epithets. This verse is part of that praise, enumerating qualities that guide the listener toward reverence and righteous living.