Shloka 136
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
उन्मेषश्व निमेषश्च क्षुतं जृम्भितमेव च । लोहितान्तर्गता दृष्टिमहावक्त्रो महोदर:
unmeṣaś ca nimeṣaś ca kṣutaṁ jṛmbhitam eva ca | lohitāntargatā dṛṣṭir mahāvaktrō mahodaraḥ ||
Bhīṣma dit : « Tu es l’acte même d’ouvrir et de fermer les yeux, d’éternuer et de bâiller. Ton regard, rouge et ardent comme le feu, demeure caché au-dedans ; immense est ta bouche, immense est ton ventre. »
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches divine immanence: even automatic, everyday bodily motions (blinking, sneezing, yawning) are expressions of the Supreme, encouraging humility and reverence toward life as pervaded by the divine.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma continues a laudatory discourse, describing the Lord in cosmic terms—identifying Him with universal processes and portraying a vast, awe-inspiring form with an inner fiery gaze.