Shloka 77

Devanagari script

यो मोहयति भूतानि स्नेहपाशानुबन्धनै: । सर्गस्य रक्षणार्थाय तस्मै मोहात्मने नम:,जो इस सृष्टि-परम्पराकी रक्षाके लिये सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंको स्नेहपाशमें बाँधकर मोहमें डाले रखते हैं, उन मोहरूप भगवान्‌को नमस्कार है

Transliteration

yo mohayati bhūtāni snehapāśānubandhanaiḥ | sargasya rakṣaṇārthāya tasmai mohātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: سلامٌ وخضوعٌ لذلك الربّ الذي ماهيّتُه مَايَا—الذي، صونًا للخَلْق واستمرارًا له، يقيّد جميع الكائنات بحبال المودّة، فيُبقيها سائرةً داخل الوهم.

Word by Word

यःwho

मोहयतिdeludes

भूतानिbeings

स्नेहपाशानुबन्धनैःby attachments (bonds) of the noose of affection

सर्गस्यof creation / of the world-process

रक्षणार्थायfor the purpose of protection

तस्मैto him

मोहात्मनेto the one whose nature is delusion (delusion-embodied)

नमःsalutation

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Bhagavan (as Mohatman/Maya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Attachment (sneha) that binds beings is presented as a divinely governed force (Māyā) that preserves the continuity of creation and society; the ethical implication is to recognize its power, honor the cosmic order it supports, yet cultivate discernment so one is not blindly ruled by it.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and higher understanding, Bhishma offers a reverential statement about the Lord’s role in sustaining the world: by binding creatures through affection and consequent delusion, the created order continues; Bhishma responds with salutations to that divine principle.