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Shloka 119

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

मनस: परमा योनि: खं वायुज्योतिषां निधि: । ऋक्सामानि तथोड्-कारमाहुस्त्वां ब्रह्मवादिन:,वेदवादी विद्वान्‌ आपको ही मनका परम कारण, आकाश, वायु, तेजकी निधि, ऋक्‌, साम तथा ३“कार बताते हैं

manasaḥ paramā yoniḥ khaṃ vāyu-jyotiṣāṃ nidhiḥ | ṛk-sāmāni tathodkāram āhus tvāṃ brahmavādinaḥ ||

ビーシュマは言った。「梵を知る者たちは、あなたを心の至高の根源とし、虚空そのもの、風と光明の宝蔵であると説く。またあなたをṚk(リグ)とSāman(サーマン)、さらに聖音節Oṃ(オーム)とも呼ぶ。すなわち、ヴェーダも宇宙も内なる意識も、ただ一つの実在たるあなたより起こると示すのである。」

मनसःof the mind
मनसः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
परमाsupreme
परमा:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
योनिःsource, womb, origin
योनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
खम्space, sky
खम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Root
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वायुwind, air
वायु:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ज्योतिषाम्of lights; of luminaries; of fires
ज्योतिषाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
निधिःtreasure, repository
निधिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिधि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ऋक्Rig(-veda); a ṛc-verse
ऋक्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋच्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सामानिSāman-chants; Sāma(-veda) hymns
सामानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसामन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
तथाand also; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
ओम्Om (the sacred syllable)
ओम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootओम्
कारम्the syllable/sound (as a ‘-kāra’)
कारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आहुःthey have said; they call
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormAccusative, Singular
ब्रह्मवादिनःspeakers of Brahman; theologians
ब्रह्मवादिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मवादिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Brahmavādins (sages who teach Brahman)
O
Oṃ (Praṇava)
Ṛk (Ṛgvedic hymns)
S
Sāman (Sāmavedic chants)
K
kha (space/sky)
V
vāyu (wind)
J
jyotis/tejas (light, radiance)

Educational Q&A

The verse identifies the addressed Lord/Absolute as the ultimate origin and support of both inner life (mind) and outer reality (space, wind, light), and equates Him with Vedic forms of revelation (Ṛk, Sāman) and the praṇava Oṃ—teaching a non-dual, all-encompassing vision of Brahman as the ground of cosmos and scripture.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher truth; here he praises and philosophically defines the supreme principle being discussed, using Vedic identifiers (Ṛk, Sāman, Oṃ) and elemental imagery (space, wind, light) to describe the same ultimate reality.