Shloka 104
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
समुद्रवासिने नित्यं हरये मुजजकेशिने । शान्ताय सर्वभूतानां मोक्षधर्मानुभाषिणे
samudravāsine nityaṃ haraye muñjakeśine | śāntāya sarvabhūtānāṃ mokṣadharmānubhāṣiṇe ||
Vyāsa dit : «Offrez vos salutations révérencieuses à Śrī Hari—qui demeure à jamais dans l’océan, dont la chevelure est semblable à l’herbe muñja—, Lui qui est la paix même et qui enseigne à tous les êtres le dharma de la délivrance (mokṣa).»
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverence toward Hari as the embodiment of peace and as the universal instructor of mokṣa-dharma. Ethically, it links devotion with inner restraint and liberation-oriented conduct: honoring the source of śānti and the guidance that leads beyond bondage.
Within the mokṣa-dharma discourse of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa offers a devotional injunction: to bow to Hari described through epithets (ocean-dweller, muñja-haired, peaceful, teacher of liberation). It functions as a praise-and-salutation that frames the ensuing or surrounding instruction in liberation.