Shloka 97

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

यथा विष्णुमयं सत्यं यथा विष्णुमयं जगत्‌ । यथा विष्णुमयं सर्व पाप्मा मे नश्यतां तथा

Transliteration

yathā viṣṇumayaṃ satyaṃ yathā viṣṇumayaṃ jagat | yathā viṣṇumayaṃ sarvaṃ pāpmā me naśyatāṃ tathā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “As truth is pervaded by Viṣṇu, as the whole world is pervaded by Viṣṇu, and as everything whatsoever is pervaded by Viṣṇu—so, by the power of this truth, may my sin be destroyed.”

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विष्णुमयम्: consisting of Vishnu; pervaded by Vishnu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णुमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विष्णुमयम्: pervaded by Vishnu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णुमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जगत्: world, universe
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विष्णुमयम्: pervaded by Vishnu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णुमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, everything
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पाप्मा: sin, evil (sinfulness)
• पाप्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• नश्यताम्: may (it) perish; let (it) be destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Lot (Imperative/benedictive sense), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• तथा: so, thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Viṣṇu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms Viṣṇu’s all-pervading presence in truth, the world, and all things, and invokes the purifying power of satya (truth) as a force that destroys moral impurity (pāpmā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, in the instruction-filled Śānti Parva, utters a truth-formula (satya-vacana) that functions like a vow or solemn affirmation, seeking the destruction of his sins through the spiritual efficacy of truth grounded in Viṣṇu’s omnipresence.