Shloka 74
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
तत्र तान् प्रवहो वायु: प्रतिगृह्लाति भारत । वीतरागान् यतीन् सिद्धान् वीर्ययुक्तांस्तपोधनान्
tatra tān pravaho vāyuḥ pratigṛhlāti bhārata | vītarāgān yatīn siddhān vīryayuktāṁs tapodhanān ||
भीष्म बोले—हे भारत! वहाँ ‘प्रवह’ नामक वायु के अधिष्ठाता देवता, उन वीतराग, संयमी, सिद्ध, तेजस्वी और तपोधन यतियों को सूर्य के अधिकार से अपने अधिकार में ग्रहण कर लेते हैं।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Detachment and disciplined ascetic practice elevate a person’s post-mortem course: perfected, passionless renouncers are ‘received’ by higher cosmic agencies, indicating that spiritual attainment aligns one with subtler, superior realms rather than ordinary destinations.
Bhīṣma describes a cosmological process: in a particular region/phase, the Pravaha wind-deity takes charge of accomplished ascetics—vītarāga yatis and siddhas—signifying their transition under a higher divine jurisdiction.