Shloka 90
Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga
Body-Relinquishment
दिशो भुजा रविश्वक्षुवीर्ये शुक्र: प्रतिष्ठित: सप्त मार्गा निरुद्धास्ते वायोरमिततेजस:
diśo bhujā raviśvakṣu-vīrye śukraḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | sapta mārgā niruddhās te vāyor amita-tejasaḥ ||
দিশাসমূহ আপোনাৰ ভুজা; সৰ্বদৰ্শী সূৰ্যৰ মহাবীৰ্যত শুক্ৰ প্ৰতিষ্ঠিত। অমিত তেজস্বী বায়ুৰ সেই সাত গতি-মাৰ্গো আপোনাৰ দ্বাৰাই নিয়ন্ত্ৰিত।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to a moral-metaphysical principle: the universe functions through regulated order, where even immense forces are bounded by law. By implication, human power too should be governed by dharma and self-restraint rather than allowed to become unbounded.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right order. Here he uses cosmological imagery—Sun, Venus, and Wind with their ‘courses’—to illustrate how the world is sustained by structured regulation, supporting his broader counsel on disciplined rule and ethical conduct.