Shloka 75
त्रिसामा सामगः साम निर्वाणं भेषजं भिषक् । संन्यासकृच्छम: शान्तो निष्ठा शान्ति: परायणम्,५७४ त्रिसामा-देवव्रत आदि तीन साम श्रुतियोंद्वारा जिनकी स्तुति की जाती है--ऐसे परमेश्वर, ५७५ सामग:ः-सामवेदका गान करनेवाले, ५७६ साम-सामवेदस्वरूप, ५७७ निर्वाणम्-परमशान्तिके निधान परमानन्दस्वरूप, ५७८ भेषजम्-संसार-रोगकी ओषधि, ५७९ भिषक्ू-संसाररोगका नाश करनेके लिये गीतारूप उपदेशामृतका पान करानेवाले परम वैद्य, ५८० संन्यासकृत्-मोक्षके लिये संन्यासाश्रम और संन्यासयोगका निर्माण करनेवाले, ५८१ शमः:-उपशमताका उपदेश देनेवाले, ५८२ शान्त:-परम शान्तस्वरूप, ५८३ निष्ठा-सबकी स्थितिके आधार अधिष्ठानस्वरूप, ५८४ शान्ति:-परम शान्तिस्वरूप, ५८५ परायणम्-मुमुक्षु पुरुषोंके परम प्राप्य-स्थान
trisāmā sāmagaḥ sāma nirvāṇaṁ bheṣajaṁ bhiṣak | saṁnyāsakṛc chamaḥ śānto niṣṭhā śāntiḥ parāyaṇam ||
Bhīṣma said: He is praised by the three Sāman-hymns; He is the chanter of the Sāma, and the very essence of the Sāmaveda. He is Nirvāṇa itself—the treasury of supreme peace; the medicine for the disease of worldly existence; and the physician who cures that disease. He is the ordainer of renunciation for liberation; the giver of inner restraint; the perfectly tranquil one; the firm foundation of all; Peace itself; and the highest refuge and final goal for those who seek release.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Supreme as both the goal (nirvāṇa, parāyaṇa) and the means (medicine and physician) for overcoming saṁsāra. It emphasizes inner peace (śama, śānti), renunciation oriented to liberation (saṁnyāsa), and steadfast grounding (niṣṭhā) as divine attributes and as ideals for the seeker.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and extols the Supreme through a sequence of divine epithets (as in the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma setting). This verse is part of that praise, describing the Lord as Vedic, peaceful, and the healer who leads aspirants to liberation.