Shloka 133
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
होत्रं होता च होम्यं च हुतं चैव तथा प्रभु: । त्रिसौपर्ण तथा ब्रह्म यजुषां शतरुद्रियम्
hotraṁ hotā ca homyaṁ ca hutaṁ caiva tathā prabhuḥ | trisauparṇa tathā brahma yajuṣāṁ śatarudriyam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「汝ひとりこそがホートラ（hotra）—祭儀の職分であり、ホーター（hotā）—供献する祭司であり、ホーミヤ（homya）—火に捧ぐべき供物であり、フタ（huta）—すでに火中へ注がれた供献そのものである。さらに汝は、その儀礼の果を授ける主でもある。ヴェーダのトリ・スパルナ（Tri-suparṇa）の讃歌、また『ヤジュル・ヴェーダ』のシャタルドリーヤ（Śatarudriya）章に見える諸々の称号も、究極にはすべて汝を指し示す名である。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the entire sacrificial system—priestly roles, offerings, the act of offering, and the bestowal of results—ultimately rests in and points to the one supreme Lord. Therefore, ritual should be grounded in right understanding and devotion, not treated as an independent mechanism.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues a theological exposition to Yudhiṣṭhira, identifying the deity addressed as the inner reality of Vedic ritual and as the referent of many Vedic epithets, including those in the Tri-suparṇa recitations and the Śatarudriya of the Yajurveda.