Shloka 36
धन-राजधर्म संवादः
Discourse on Wealth and Royal Duty
विश्वरूपो महादेव: सर्वमेधे महामखे । जुहाव सर्वभूतानि तथैवात्मानमात्मना,सम्पूर्ण विश्व जिनका स्वरूप है, उन महादेवजीने सर्वमैध नामक महायज्ञमें सम्पूर्ण भूतोंकी तथा स्वयं अपनी भी आहुति दे दी थी
viśvarūpo mahādevaḥ sarvamedhe mahāmakhe | juhāva sarvabhūtāni tathaivātmānam ātmanā ||
アルジュナは言った。「全宇宙をその御姿とするマハーデーヴァは、かつてサルヴァメーダ（Sarvamedha）と呼ばれる大供犠を修した。その広大なる儀礼において、彼は一切の生類を、そして自らの自己さえも、自らによって供えた。」この偈は、完全なる自己奉献という倫理の理想を呼び起こす。最高の礼拝とは儀式の誇示ではなく、万有の安寧と円満のために我執と所有欲を明け渡すことである。
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the pinnacle of sacrifice as complete self-offering: the divine ideal is to relinquish ego and ownership so thoroughly that even one’s own self is symbolically offered for the sake of the whole.
Arjuna cites an exemplum: Mahādeva, described as cosmic in form, performs the Sarvamedha and is said to have offered all beings and even himself in that great rite, underscoring the magnitude of divine renunciation and power.