Shloka 153

मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा

Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मे सम्प्रकाशन्ते त्रयो लोका युधिष्छिर । मैं तो सारा शुभ कर्म करके इन तीनों गुरुजनोंको ही समर्पित कर देता था। इससे मेरे उन सभी शुभ कर्मोका पुण्य सौगुना और हजारगुना बढ़ गया है। युधिष्ठिर! इसीसे तीनों लोक मेरी दृष्टिके सामने प्रकाशित हो रहे हैं

Transliteration

tasmān me samprakāśante trayo lokā yudhiṣṭhira |

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „Darum, o Yudhiṣṭhira, leuchten die drei Welten klar vor mir. Denn ich pflegte jede glückverheißende Tat zu vollbringen und sie ganz jenen drei ehrwürdigen Ältesten zu weihen; durch diese Darbringung wuchs das Verdienst all meiner guten Werke um das Hundert- und Tausendfache. Deshalb stehen die drei Welten nun erhellt vor meinem Blick.“

Word by Word

तस्मात्from that; therefore

मेto me; for me

सम्प्रकाशन्तेshine forth; become manifest

त्रयःthree

लोकाःworlds

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira

trayaḥ lokāḥ (the three worlds)

guru-janāḥ (three revered elders/teachers; implied)

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?

Merit grows greatly when virtuous actions are performed with humility and dedicated to revered elders/teachers; such reverent offering purifies intention and yields heightened spiritual clarity, symbolized by the ‘three worlds’ becoming manifest.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva, explains the cause of his extraordinary inner vision: he had habitually offered the fruits of his auspicious deeds to three venerable elders, and through that dedication his merit multiplied, resulting in a luminous, expanded perception.