Shloka 34
विश्वेदेवा नभश्नैव नक्षत्राणि ग्रहास्तथा । पान्तु नः सततं देवा: कीर्तिता$कीर्तिता मया
viśvedevā nabhaś caiva nakṣatrāṇi grahās tathā | pāntu naḥ satataṃ devāḥ kīrtitākīrtitā mayā ||
ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು— “ವಿಶ್ವೇದೇವರು, ಆಕಾಶ, ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಗ್ರಹಗಳು—ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಸದಾ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸಲಿ. ನಾನು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸಿದವರೂ ಕೀರ್ತಿಸದವರೂ ಆದ ಎಲ್ಲ ದೇವತೆಗಳು ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡಲಿ.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches comprehensive reverence and humility: one seeks protection from the entire divine and cosmic order, acknowledging that dharma is upheld not only by named deities but also by the vast, often-unseen sacred forces that govern time and destiny.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing and blessing through religious discourse. Here he concludes (or seals) an extended enumeration/invocation by praying that all divine beings—explicitly mentioned and unmentioned—along with cosmic elements like the sky, constellations, and planets, protect the listeners.