Shloka 84
Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga
Body-Relinquishment
जो सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके आत्मा और उनकी जन्म-मृत्युके कारण हैं, जिनमें क्रोध, द्रोह और मोहका सर्वथा अभाव है, उन शान्तात्मा परमेश्वरको नमस्कार है ।।
yasmin sarvaṃ yataḥ sarvaṃ yaḥ sarvaḥ sarvataś ca yaḥ | yaś ca sarvamayo nityaṃ tasmai sarvātmanē namaḥ ||
Bhīṣma offers reverent salutations to the Supreme Self who is the inner soul of all beings and the ground of their coming-to-be and passing-away—utterly free from anger, malice, and delusion. In whom all things abide, from whom all things arise, who is himself the totality, ever all-pervading and wholly constituted of all—unto that All-Self, he bows.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverence for the Supreme Self as the universal ground: all beings and events arise from, abide in, and are pervaded by that reality. Ethically, it elevates serenity over anger, malice, and delusion, implying that dharmic life is rooted in recognizing the same Self in all.
In the Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma after the war. Here he pauses to offer a devotional salutation—framing his teaching within a theistic-advaitic vision of the Lord as the All-Self, the source and support of the cosmos.