Shloka 172
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
ये नदीषु समुद्रेषु पर्वतेषु गुहासु च । वृक्षमूलेषु गोछ्ठेषु कान्तारे गहनेषु च
ye nadīṣu samudreṣu parvateṣu guhāsu ca | vṛkṣamūleṣu goṣṭheṣu kāntāre gahaneṣu ca ||
Salam hormat senantiasa kepada para kuasa ilahi penjaga yang meresapi sungai dan samudra, gunung dan gua, pangkal pepohonan, kandang sapi, serta rimba sunyi yang lebat—mereka yang hadir sebagai penguasa tempat-tempat itu.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To cultivate constant reverence by recognizing presiding divine powers in all locations—natural and human—thereby strengthening humility, restraint, and dharmic conduct.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he enumerates various places (rivers, oceans, mountains, caves, tree-roots, cow-sheds, wilderness) and offers salutations to the guardian deities believed to pervade them.