Shloka 93
Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga
Body-Relinquishment
कृष्णव्रता: कृष्णमनुस्मरन्तो रात्रौ च कृष्णं पुनरुत्थिता ये । ते कृष्णदेहा: प्रविशन्ति कृष्ण- माज्यं यथा मन्त्रहुतं हुताशे
kṛṣṇavratāḥ kṛṣṇam anusmaranto rātrau ca kṛṣṇaṃ punar utthitā ye | te kṛṣṇadehāḥ praviśanti kṛṣṇam ājyaṃ yathā mantrahutaṃ hutāśe ||
Bhīṣma dit : Ceux qui ont pris le vœu de Kṛṣṇa—ceux qui se souviennent sans cesse de Kṛṣṇa et qui, même dans la nuit, se relèvent avec Kṛṣṇa en pensée—deviennent de la forme même de Kṛṣṇa et entrent en Kṛṣṇa, comme le beurre clarifié, offert avec le mantra, entre dans le feu.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Single-pointed devotion expressed as disciplined remembrance (vrata + anusmaraṇa) transforms the devotee’s nature; such a person ‘enters’ Kṛṣṇa—i.e., attains intimate union or final refuge in the divine—like a properly consecrated oblation reaching the fire.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he praises Kṛṣṇa-centered observance: devotees who continually remember Kṛṣṇa, even rising at night for renewed recollection, are described as becoming Kṛṣṇa-formed and merging into him, illustrated through the sacrificial image of ghee offered with mantra entering Agni.