Shloka 40
Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga
Body-Relinquishment
शुक्ले देवान् पितृन् कृष्णे तर्पयत्यमृतेन यः । यश्न राजा द्विजातीनां तस्मै सोमात्मने नम:,जो अपनी अमृतमयी कलाओंसे शुक्लपक्षमें देवताओंको और कृष्णपक्षमें पितरोंको तृप्त करते हैं तथा जो सम्पूर्ण द्विजोंके राजा हैं, उन सोमस्वरूप परमात्माको नमस्कार है
śukle devān pitṝn kṛṣṇe tarpayaty amṛtena yaḥ | yasn rājā dvijātīnāṁ tasmai somātmane namaḥ ||
قال بهيشما: سلامٌ وخضوعٌ للربّ الأعلى الذي هو على طبيعة سوما—الذي في النصف المضيء من الشهر يُرضي الآلهة، وفي النصف المظلم يُرضي الأسلاف برحيقٍ كالأمريت؛ وهو الملكُ بين جميع «ذوي الولادتين» (دڤيجا).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is sustained by honoring both divine forces and ancestral lineages in their proper time; the waxing and waning moon symbolizes a disciplined rhythm of gratitude and obligation, culminating in reverence to the Supreme as Soma—the nourishing, life-sustaining principle.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in Śānti Parva, he offers a reverential verse praising the Soma-natured Supreme who, through the lunar cycle, is said to gratify gods in the bright fortnight and ancestors in the dark fortnight—linking ritual practice (tarpana) with cosmic governance.