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Shloka 134

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

पवित्र च पवित्राणां मड़लानां च मड्जलम्‌ | गिरिको हिंडुको वृक्षो जीव: पुद्गल एव च,आप पवित्रोंके भी पवित्र और मंगलोंके भी मंगल हैं। आप ही गिरिक (अचेतनको भी चेतन करनेवाले), हिंडुक (गमनागमन करनेवाले), संसार-वृक्ष, जीव, शरीर, प्राण, सत्त्व, रज, तम, अप्रमद (स्त्रीरहित--ऊर्ध्वरेता), प्राण, अपान, समान, उदान, व्यान, उन्मेष, निमेष (आँखोंका खोलना-मींचना), छींकना और जँभाई लेना आदि चेष्टाएँ भी आप ही हैं। आपकी अग्निमयी लाल रंगकी दृष्टि भीतर छिपी हुई है। आपके मुख और उदर महान्‌ हैं

pavitraṁ ca pavitrāṇāṁ maṅgalānāṁ ca maṅgalam | giriko hiṇḍuko vṛkṣo jīvaḥ pudgala eva ca ||

Bhīṣma sprach: Du bist der Reinste unter allem Reinen und das höchste Heil unter allem Heilsamen. Du bist auch „Girika“ — die Kraft, die selbst das Träge erweckt; „Hiṇḍuka“ — der Beweger, der geht und wiederkehrt; der Weltenbaum selbst; das individuelle Lebensprinzip; und die verkörperte Person.

पवित्रम्purifier; holy (thing)
पवित्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पवित्राणाम्of purifiers / of holy things
पवित्राणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपवित्र
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
मङ्गलानाम्of auspicious things
मङ्गलानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमङ्गल
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मङ्गलम्auspiciousness; auspicious (thing)
मङ्गलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमङ्गल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गिरिकःGirika (epithet/name)
गिरिकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगिरिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिण्डुकःHiṇḍuka (epithet/name)
हिण्डुकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहिण्डुक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वृक्षःtree
वृक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जीवःliving being; soul
जीवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजीव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुद्गलःperson; individual (pudgala)
पुद्गलः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुद्गल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma (speaker)
S
Supreme Lord (addressed as 'You')
G
girika (epithet)
H
hiṇḍuka (epithet)
W
world-tree (vṛkṣa as saṁsāra-vṛkṣa)
J
jīva
P
pudgala

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches an all-pervading vision of the Supreme: the highest purity and auspiciousness are not separate from the world, life, and personhood. Seeing the Divine as present in jīva (life) and pudgala (embodied individuality) supports dharmic conduct—humility, restraint, and reverence toward all beings.

In Śānti Parva, Bhishma instructs and praises the Supreme through a litany of epithets. This verse is part of that praise, identifying the Lord with cosmic principles and with the living individual, expanding the listener’s understanding from ritual purity to a comprehensive theological vision.