Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तद्भावभावी तद्बुद्धिस्तदात्मा तदपाश्रय: । तेजसा<<वृत्य लोकांस्त्रीन्‌ यश: प्राप्स्यति ते सुत:,“वह भगवद्धावमें रँगा होगा, भगवानमें ही उसकी बुद्धि होगी, भगवानमें ही उसका मन लगा रहेगा और एकमात्र भगवानको ही वह अपना आश्रय समझेगा। उसके तेजसे तीनों लोक व्याप्त हो जायँगे और तुम्हारा वह पुत्र महान्‌ यश प्राप्त करेगा”

Transliteration

tadbhāvabhāvī tadbuddhis tadātmā tadapāśrayaḥ | tejasā vṛtya lokāṃs trīn yaśaḥ prāpsyati te sutaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “Your son will be wholly absorbed in the Lord’s being; his understanding will rest in the Lord, his inner self will be fixed in the Lord, and the Lord alone will be his refuge. By his spiritual radiance he will pervade the three worlds, and that son of yours will attain great renown.”

Word by Word

तद्भावभावीone whose disposition is of that (i.e., devoted to Him)

तद्बुद्धिःwhose intellect is fixed on Him

तदात्माwhose self/mind is in Him

तदपाश्रयःhaving Him alone as refuge/support

तेजसाby (his) splendor/energy

वृत्यhaving pervaded/covered

लोकान्worlds

त्रीन्three

यशःfame

प्राप्स्यतिwill attain

तेyour

सुतःson

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Bhagavān (the Lord)

three worlds (trailokya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Single-pointed devotion and reliance on the Supreme—when intellect (buddhi), inner self (ātman), and refuge (āśraya) are centered on Bhagavān—yields spiritual radiance (tejas) and enduring, dharmic fame (yaśas).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, speaking in the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, foretells or describes the spiritual character of a certain son: he will be God-centered in thought and being, and through his tejas he will become renowned across the three worlds.