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Shloka 123

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

श्रद्धादमशमोपेतैर्वतश्वन्द्र इव ग्रहै: । वेदोंके ज्ञाता व्यास

Transliteration

śraddhā-dama-śamopetair vataś candram ivagrahaiḥ | vedāṅga-jñātā vyāsaḥ, devarṣi-nāradaḥ, devasthānaḥ, vātsyaḥ, aśmakaḥ, sumantuḥ, jaiminiḥ, mahātmā pailaḥ, śāṇḍilyaḥ, devalaḥ, buddhimān maitreyaḥ, asitaḥ, vasiṣṭhaḥ, mahātmā kauśikaḥ (viśvāmitraḥ), hārītaḥ, lomaśaḥ, buddhimān dattatreyah, bṛhaspatiḥ, śukraḥ, mahāmuniś cyavanaḥ, sanatkumāraḥ, kapilaḥ, vālmīkiḥ, tumburuḥ, kuruḥ, maudgalyaḥ, bhṛguvaṃśī paraśurāmaḥ, mahāmunis tṛṇabinduḥ, pippalādaḥ, vāyuḥ, saṃvartaḥ, pulahaḥ, kacaḥ, kaśyapaḥ, pulastyaḥ, kratuḥ, dakṣaḥ, parāśaraḥ, marīciḥ, aṅgirāḥ, kāśyaḥ, gautamaḥ, gālava-muniḥ, dhaumyaḥ, vibhāṇḍaḥ, māṇḍavyaḥ, dhaumraḥ, kṛṣṇānubhāutikaḥ, śreṣṭha-brāhmaṇa ulūkaḥ, mahāmuni mārkaṇḍeyaḥ, bhāskariḥ, pūraṇaḥ, kṛṣṇaḥ, parama-dhārmikaḥ sūtaś ca—ete tathā anye bahavo bhāgyavanto mahātmānaḥ munayaḥ, ye śraddhā-śama-damādi-guṇaiḥ sampannāḥ, bhīṣmaṃ parivārya tiṣṭhanti sma | teṣāṃ madhye bhīṣmaḥ graha-parivṛta-candra iva śriyā virājate sma ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Pourvus de foi, de maîtrise de soi et de paix intérieure, de nombreux sages fortunés et magnanimes entouraient Bhīṣma—Vyāsa, Nārada et une longue lignée de voyants et de maîtres vénérés. Au milieu de ces ascètes, riches de vertus telles que śraddhā, śama et dama, Bhīṣma brillait comme la lune entourée des planètes.

Word by Word

श्रद्धाwith faith

दमwith self-control

शमwith tranquility

उपेतैःendowed (with)

वत्सVatsa (proper name)

चन्द्रःthe moon

इवlike, as

ग्रहैःby planets

वेदानाम्of the Vedas

ज्ञाताःknowers

व्यासःVyāsa

देवर्षिःdivine sage

नारदःNārada

देवस्थानःDevastāna (proper name)

वात्स्यःVātsya (proper name)

अश्मकःAśmaka (proper name)

सुमन्तुःSumantu

जैमिनिःJaimini

महात्माgreat-souled

पैलःPaila

शाण्डिल्यःŚāṇḍilya

देवलःDevala

बुद्धिमान्wise, intelligent

मैत्रेयःMaitreya

असितःAsita

वसिष्ठःVasiṣṭha

महात्माgreat-souled

कौशिकःKauśika (Viśvāmitra)

हारीतःHārīta

लोमशःLomaśa

बुद्धिमान्wise

दत्तात्रेयःDattātreya

बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati

शुक्रःŚukra

महामुनिःgreat sage

च्यवनःCyavana

सनत्कुमारःSanatkumāra

कपिलःKapila

वाल्मीकिḥVālmīki

तुम्बुरुःTumburu

कुरुःKuru (proper name)

मौद्गल्यःMaudgalya

भृगुवंशीof the Bhṛgu lineage

परशुरामःParaśurāma

महामुनिःgreat sage

तृणबिन्दुःTṛṇabindu

पिप्पलादःPippalāda

वायुःVāyu

संवर्तःSaṃvarta

पुलहःPulaha

कचःKaca

कश्यपःKaśyapa

पुलस्त्यःPulastya

क्रतुःKratu

दक्षःDakṣa

पराशरःParāśara

मरीचिःMarīci

अङ्गिराःAṅgiras

काश्यःKāśya (proper name)

गौतमःGautama

गालवःGālava

मुनिःsage

धौम्यःDhaumya

विभाण्डःVibhāṇḍa

माण्डव्यःMāṇḍavya

धौम्रःDhaumra (proper name)

कृष्णानुभौतिकःKṛṣṇānubhautika (proper name)

श्रेष्ठःexcellent, foremost

ब्राह्मणःbrāhmaṇa

उलूकःUlūka (proper name)

महामुनिःgreat sage

मार्कण्डेयःMārkaṇḍeya

भास्करिःBhāskari (proper name)

पूरणःPūraṇa (proper name)

कृष्णःKṛṣṇa

चand

परमsupremely

धार्मिकःrighteous

सूतःSūta (charioteer/bard; proper person here)

येwho

तथाthus, also

अन्येothers

बहवःmany

सौभाग्यशालिनःfortunate, blessed

महात्मानःgreat souls

मुनयःsages

श्रद्धाwith faith

शमwith tranquility

दमwith self-control

आदिand so on

गुणैःby virtues

सम्पन्नाःendowed, possessed

भीष्मम्Bhīṣma

परितःaround

आसतेsat, were seated

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Bhīṣma

Vyāsa

Devarṣi Nārada

Devasthāna

Vātsya

Aśmaka

Sumantu

Jaimini

Paila

Śāṇḍilya

Devala

Maitreya

Asita

Vasiṣṭha

Kauśika (Viśvāmitra)

Hārīta

Lomaśa

Dattātreya

Bṛhaspati

Śukra

Cyavana

Sanatkumāra

Kapila

Vālmīki

Tumburu

Kuru

Maudgalya

Paraśurāma

Tṛṇabindu

Pippalāda

Vāyu

Saṃvarta

Pulaha

Kaca

Kaśyapa

Pulastya

Kratu

Dakṣa

Parāśara

Marīci

Aṅgirā

Kāśya

Gautama

Gālava

Dhaumya

Vibhāṇḍa

Māṇḍavya

Dhaumra

Kṛṣṇānubhāutika

Ulūka

Mārkaṇḍeya

Bhāskari

Pūraṇa

Kṛṣṇa

Sūta

Candra (Moon)

Grahas (planets)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical foundation of spiritual authority: faith (śraddhā), mental tranquility (śama), and sense-restraint (dama) are the marks of true sages, and their presence validates Bhīṣma’s role as a luminous teacher of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Śānti Parva setting—Bhīṣma lying on his bed of arrows and instructing on dharma—numerous renowned sages gather around him. Bhīṣma is portrayed as radiant among them, like the moon amid the planets.