Shloka 84

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

नम: स्तुताय स्तुत्याय स्तूयमानाय वै नमः । सर्वाय सर्वभक्षाय सर्वभूतान्तरात्मने

Transliteration

namaḥ stutāya stutyāya stūyamānāya vai namaḥ | sarvāya sarvabhakṣāya sarvabhūtāntarātmane ||

Translation

Hommage à toi, celui qui a déjà été loué ; hommage à toi, celui qui est digne d’être loué ; hommage à toi, celui que l’on loue en cet instant même. Tu es le Tout, celui qui consume et réabsorbe tout lors de la dissolution, et l’Âme intérieure de tous les êtres. Devant toi je me prosterne encore et encore.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्
• Form: true

• स्तुताय: to the praised one
• स्तुताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुत (√स्तु)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• स्तुत्याय: to the praiseworthy one
• स्तुत्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तुत्य (√स्तु)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• स्तूयमानाय: to the one being praised
• स्तूयमानाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तूयमान (√स्तु)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: true

• नमः: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्
• Form: true

• सर्वाय: to the all (to the universal one)
• सर्वाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वभक्षाय: to the all-devourer
• सर्वभक्षाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वभूतान्तरात्मने: to the inner self of all beings
• सर्वभूतान्तरात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतान्तरात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• the Supreme/Īśvara (implied addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True reverence recognizes the Divine as (1) the object of all praise, (2) the very standard of what is worthy of praise, and (3) the living presence being praised in the moment. Ethically, it encourages humility and universal regard by seeing the same inner Self in all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma—teaching Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma—utters a devotional salutation (stuti) to the Supreme, describing the deity’s all-pervading nature and indwelling presence as the antarātman of all creatures.