Shloka 37

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

तेनैकाग्रमनस्त्वेन प्रीतो भवति वै हरि: । या5भवन्मुनिशार्दूल भा: सूर्यस्य युगक्षये

Transliteration

tenaikāgramanastvena prīto bhavati vai hariḥ | yābhavan muniśārdūla bhāḥ sūryasya yugakṣaye

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “By that single-pointedness of mind, Hari (Viṣṇu) is indeed pleased. O tiger among sages, such was the radiance that arose—like the sun’s splendour at the end of an age—signifying the overwhelming spiritual potency produced by concentrated devotion.”

Word by Word

तेनby that; thereby

एकाग्र-मनस्-त्वेनby the state of one-pointed mind; with concentrated-mindedness

प्रीतःpleased; satisfied

भवतिbecomes; is

वैindeed; surely

हरिःHari (Vishnu)

यथाas; just as

अभवत्became; was

मुनि-शार्दूलO tiger among sages

भाःsplendours; rays; lights

सूर्यस्यof the sun

युग-क्षयेat the end of an age (yuga); at the yuga's dissolution

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Hari (Viṣṇu)

Sūrya (the Sun)

Muniśārdūla (addressed sage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 concentration of mind (ekāgratā) in devotion leads to the Lord’s pleasure and grace; inner focus is presented as a direct ethical-spiritual discipline that yields transformative power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues instructing a sage-like listener, explaining that concentrated devotion pleases Hari, and he illustrates the resulting spiritual manifestation by comparing its splendour to the sun’s overwhelming radiance at the end of a yuga.