Shloka 121
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
यजुर्मयो ऋड्मयश्न त्वमाहुतिमयस्तथा । पठ्यसे स्तुतिभिश्चिव वेदोपनिषदां गणै:
yajur-mayo ṛg-mayaś ca tvam āhuti-mayas tathā | paṭhyase stutibhiś caiva vedopaniṣadāṁ gaṇaiḥ ||
Dijo Bhīṣma: «Tú eres la esencia misma del Yajurveda y del Ṛgveda; eres también la sustancia de la ofrenda sacrificial. El conjunto de los Vedas y de las Upaniṣads proclama tu grandeza mediante himnos de alabanza, enseñando que la realidad suprema no está separada del saber sagrado ni del culto justo, sino que es su fundamento interior.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the Supreme (addressed as 'you') as the inner essence of scripture (Vedas/Upaniṣads) and of ritual action (āhuti). Ethical and spiritual life is thus grounded in recognizing one reality behind knowledge, worship, and dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing and praising the highest principle/deity while teaching Yudhiṣṭhira. Here he offers a stuti that frames Vedic recitation and sacrificial offering as ultimately directed to—and constituted by—the same Supreme reality.