Shloka 83

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतात्मभूताय भूतादिनिधनाय च । अक्रोधद्रोहमोहाय तस्मै शान्तात्मने नम:

Transliteration

sarvabhūtātmabhūtāya bhūtādinidhanāya ca | akrodhadrohamohāya tasmai śāntātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Ehrerbietung jenem von friedvoller Seele, der zum Selbst aller Wesen geworden ist, der Anfang und Ende alles Seienden ist und frei von Zorn, Feindseligkeit und Verblendung.“

Word by Word

• सर्वभूतात्मभूताय: to the one who has become the Self of all beings
• सर्वभूतात्मभूताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतात्मभूत
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• भूतादिनिधनाय: to the one who is the beginning and end of beings
• भूतादिनिधनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतादिनिधन
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अक्रोधद्रोहमोहाय: to the one free from anger, malice, and delusion
• अक्रोधद्रोहमोहाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्रोधद्रोहमोह
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• शान्तात्मने: to the tranquil-souled one
• शान्तात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• the serene-souled Supreme Self (implied divine principle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises the highest spiritual ideal: realizing the One who is the inner Self of all beings and cultivating a mind free from anger, hostility, and delusion. Ethical excellence is grounded in inner tranquility (śānti) and universal identification rather than reactive emotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he offers a reverential salutation (a stuti-like line) to the supreme, tranquil principle—setting a devotional and philosophical tone for teachings on peace, self-mastery, and right conduct.