Shanti Parva Adhyaya 47 Shloka 50 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 50

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

(विश्वे च मरुतश्लैव रुद्रादित्याश्विनावपि । वसव: सिद्धसाध्याक्ष तस्मै देवात्मने नमः ।।

Transliteration

yastanoti satāṃ setum ṛtenāmṛtayoninā | dharmārthavyavahārāj jñais tasmai satyātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

ಋತದ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ, ಅಮೃತದ ಮೂಲನಾಗಿ, ಸಜ್ಜನರಿಗೆ ಸೇತುವನ್ನು ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸುವವನು; ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥಗಳ ಶುದ್ಧ ವ್ಯವಹಾರದಿಂದ ಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಯಮನನ್ನು ಅರಿಯುವರೋ—ಆ ಸತ್ಯಾತ್ಮ ಪ್ರಭುವಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ।

Word by Word

यःwho

तनोतिextends, spreads

सताम्of the good/virtuous

सेतुम्bridge, causeway; (fig.) support

ऋतेनby truth/cosmic order (ṛta)

अमृतयोनिनाby/with (one who is) the source of immortality

धर्मार्थव्यवहारात्from the practice/transaction of dharma and artha

जैःby whom

तस्मैto him

सत्यात्मनेto the one whose nature is truth

नमःsalutation

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

The Lord (Satyātmā / Truth-essenced Supreme)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True devotion is inseparable from truth and ethical living: the Supreme is praised as ‘Truth itself’ who provides a reliable passage for the righteous, and is known not merely by speculation but through dharma- and artha-guided conduct in the world.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma continues a hymn of salutations to the Supreme, naming divine qualities. Here he concludes a segment by honoring the Lord as the Truth-essence who upholds cosmic order and supports the virtuous like a bridge across peril.