Shloka 117
भूर्भुव:स्वस्तरुस्तार: सविता प्रपितामह: । यज्ञो यज्ञपतिर्यज्वा यज्ञाड़ो यज्ञवाहन:
bhūrbhuvaḥsvas tarus tāraḥ savitā prapitāmahaḥ | yajño yajñapatir yajvā yajñāṅgo yajñavāhanaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「彼は地・中空・天—三界そのものであり、存在を支える宇宙樹であり、輪廻（saṃsāra）の海を衆生に渡らせる渡し守であり、万物を生み出す創造者サヴィターであり、梵天（Brahmā）すら超えて先立つ原初の大祖である。彼は祭祀（yajña）そのものであり、あらゆる祭祀を主宰する主であり、祭祀を行う祭主であり、その身が祭祀の諸肢から成る者であり、また祭祀を担い、定められた成就へと運ぶ力である。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme is presented as both the cosmos (the three worlds) and the sacred means within it (yajña). Therefore, righteous action and worship should be offered as participation in a divine order, not as ego-driven performance; the doer, the deed, and the goal are ultimately grounded in the same highest reality.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira and recites the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma. This verse is a cluster of divine epithets praising the Lord as cosmic foundation and as the very principle of sacrifice—its presiding lord, performer, constituents, and vehicle—emphasizing devotion and dharmic worship.