Shloka 1146

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

वरं पिनाकी भगवान्‌ सर्वभूतहिते रत: । इतना ही नहीं, सर्वभूतहितकारी पिनाकपाणि भगवान्‌ शिवने गीध और गीदड़को भी उनकी भूख मिट जानेका वरदान दे दिया

Transliteration

varaṁ pinākī bhagavān sarvabhūtahite rataḥ |

Translation

ພີດສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າ ປິນາກີ (Pinākī) ພຣະສິວະ ຜູ້ຖືຄັນທະນູປິນາກ (Pināka) ຜູ້ມຸ່ງຫາປະໂຫຍດແກ່ສັດທັງປວງ ໄດ້ປະທານພອນ. ຍິ່ງກວ່ານັ້ນ ພຣະສິວະຜູ້ຖືປິນາກ ຜູ້ປາຖະໜາຄວາມດີແກ່ສັດທຸກຊະນິດ ຍັງປະທານຂອງຂວັນແກ່ນົກແຮ້ງ ແລະ ໝາປ່າ (jackal) ໃຫ້ຄວາມຫິວໂຫຍຂອງພວກມັນໄດ້ອີ່ມເຕັມ ເປັນຫຼັກຖານແຫ່ງພຣະເມດຕາອັນບໍ່ເລືອກຂ້າງ ທີ່ແຜ່ໄປຫາສັດມີຊີວິດທັງປວງ ບໍ່ແມ່ນແຕ່ມະນຸດເທົ່ານັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पिनाकी: the bearer of the Pinaka (Shiva)
• पिनाकी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतहिते: in the welfare of all beings
• सर्वभूतहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतहित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रतः: engaged, devoted
• रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śiva
• Pināka (bow)
• vulture
• jackal

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma includes sarvabhūta-hita—concern for the welfare of all beings. Śiva’s boon to even scavenging animals highlights impartial compassion and the ethical ideal of extending care beyond one’s own group or species.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes Śiva (Pinākī) as devoted to universal welfare and recounts that he granted a boon that satisfied the hunger of a vulture and a jackal, demonstrating divine benevolence reaching even the lowly and the overlooked.