Shloka 55
स तस्मै दर्शन प्राप्तो दिवसे दिवसे भवेत् | वहाँ वह प्रलयकालीन अग्निके समान तेजस्वी शरीर धारण करके असंख्य वर्षोतक एक लाख एक हजार करोड़ वर्षोतक निवास करता हुआ प्रतिदिन देवदानव-सम्मानित भगवान् रुद्रको प्रणाम करता है। वे भगवान् उसे नित्य-प्रति दर्शन देते रहते हैं ।। दिवसे द्वादशे यस्तु प्राप्ते वै प्राशते हवि:
sa tasmai darśana-prāpto divase divase bhavet | tatra sa pralaya-kālīnāgni-samāna-tejasvī śarīraṃ dhārayitvā asaṅkhyeyāni varṣa-śatāni (śata-sahasrāṇi) nivasan pratidinaṃ deva-dānava-sammānitaṃ bhagavantaṃ rudraṃ praṇamati | sa bhagavān tasmai nitya-prati darśanaṃ dadāti || divase dvādaśe yas tu prāpte vai prāśnute haviḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “For him, the vision of that Lord becomes a daily certainty. There, assuming a body radiant like the fire of cosmic dissolution, he dwells for immeasurable ages; and every day he bows to Lord Rudra, revered by gods and asuras/dānavas alike. That Blessed Lord, in turn, grants him His presence day after day. And on the twelfth day, when it arrives, he partakes of the sacrificial offering—havis.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady, daily reverence (praṇāma) to Rudra, combined with disciplined ritual life, culminates in sustained divine grace—expressed as nitya-prati darśana (daily divine audience). The verse emphasizes devotion that is consistent over time, not occasional, and portrays the Lord’s reciprocation through continual presence.
Bhishma describes a devotee who, in a transcendent realm, assumes a brilliantly radiant form (likened to pralaya-fire), lives for immeasurable ages, and each day bows to Rudra honored by both devas and danavas. Rudra grants him daily darśana; the closing line introduces a ritual detail about the twelfth day and partaking of the havis (oblation), linking devotion with sacrificial observance.