Shloka 133
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
होत्रं होता च होम्यं च हुतं चैव तथा प्रभु: । त्रिसौपर्ण तथा ब्रह्म यजुषां शतरुद्रियम्
hotraṁ hotā ca homyaṁ ca hutaṁ caiva tathā prabhuḥ | trisauparṇa tathā brahma yajuṣāṁ śatarudriyam ||
Dijo Bhīṣma: Tú solo eres el hotra, el oficio del sacrificio; tú eres el hotā, el sacerdote que ofrece; tú eres lo homya, la ofrenda digna de ser vertida; y tú eres lo huta, lo ya derramado en el fuego. Y tú eres también el Señor que concede el fruto del rito. Las designaciones védicas que aparecen en los himnos Tri-suparṇa y en la sección Śatarudriya del Yajurveda son igualmente nombres que, en última instancia, se refieren a ti.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the entire sacrificial system—priestly roles, offerings, the act of offering, and the bestowal of results—ultimately rests in and points to the one supreme Lord. Therefore, ritual should be grounded in right understanding and devotion, not treated as an independent mechanism.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues a theological exposition to Yudhiṣṭhira, identifying the deity addressed as the inner reality of Vedic ritual and as the referent of many Vedic epithets, including those in the Tri-suparṇa recitations and the Śatarudriya of the Yajurveda.