Shloka 6

पितृयज्ञे नारायणतत्त्वम् — The Nārāyaṇa Grounding of Ancestral Offerings

Devanagari script

स पुनर्योगमास्थाय मोक्षमार्गोपलब्धये । महायोगेश्वरो भूत्वा सो5त्यक्रामद्‌ विहायसम्‌,फिर मोक्षमार्गकी उपलब्धिके लिये योगका आश्रय ले महान्‌ योगेश्वर होकर वे आकाश में उड़नेके लिये तैयार हो गये

Transliteration

sa punar yogam āsthāya mokṣa-mārgopalabdhaye | mahā-yogeśvaro bhūtvā so ’tyakrāmad vihāyasam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Then, taking up yoga once more to realize the path of liberation, he became a great lord of yogins; and, transcending ordinary limits, he moved through the sky.”

Word by Word

सःhe

पुनःagain

योगम्yoga, discipline

आस्थायhaving resorted to / having undertaken

मोक्षमार्गोपलब्धयेfor the attainment of the path to liberation

महायोगेश्वरःthe great lord of yoga

भूत्वाhaving become

सःhe

अत्यक्रामत्he overstepped / crossed

विहायसम्the sky, the firmament

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

mokṣa-mārga (path of liberation)

vihāyasa (sky)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is approached through deliberate yogic discipline: by repeatedly taking refuge in yoga (yogam āsthāya) one gains realization of the mokṣa-path (mokṣa-mārgopalabdhaye), and spiritual mastery is depicted as the natural outcome of inner attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a figure who, seeking realization of the path to liberation, resumes yogic practice, becomes a great yogic master (mahā-yogeśvara), and then transcends ordinary movement by passing through the sky (vihāyasa).