Shloka 171
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
जो अंगुष्ठमात्र जीवके रूपमें सम्पूर्ण देहधारियोंके भीतर विराजमान हैं, वे सदा मेरी रक्षा और वृद्धि करें ।। ये न रोदन्ति देहस्था देहिनो रोदयन्ति च । हर्षयन्ति न हृष्यन्ति नमस्तेभ्यो5स्तु नित्यश:,जो देहके भीतर रहते हुए स्वयं न रोकर देहधारियोंको ही रलाते हैं, स्वयं हर्षित न होकर उन्हें ही हर्षित करते हैं, उन सब रुद्रोंको मैं नित्य नमस्कार करता हूँ
yo 'ṅguṣṭhamātraḥ jīvake rūpeṇa sampūrṇa-dehadhāriṇāṁ bhitare virājamānaḥ, sa sadā mama rakṣāṁ ca vṛddhiṁ ca karotu || ye na rodanti dehasthā dehino rodayanti ca | harṣayanti na hṛṣyanti namas tebhyo 'stu nityaśaḥ ||
Bhishma says: May that indwelling life-principle—subtle as a thumb, yet present within all embodied beings—ever protect me and foster my well-being. I continually bow to those Rudras who, while abiding within the body, do not themselves weep yet cause the embodied to weep; who do not themselves exult yet make the embodied rejoice—powers that move the inner life while remaining untouched.
भीष्म उवाच