Shloka 115
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
उन्मादन शतावर्त गज्भातोयाद्रमूर्थज । चन्द्रावर्त युगावर्त मेघावर्त नमो<स्तु ते
unmādana-śatāvarta-gaṅgā-bhātoya-ārdra-mūrdhaja | candrāvarta-yugāvarta-meghāvarta namo 'stu te ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພຣະອົງຜູ້ໃຫ້ໂລກທັງປວງຕົກຢູ່ໃນຄວາມຫຼົງ, ຜູ້ທີ່ເທິງພຣະສີສະມີແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາລຸກຂຶ້ນເປັນຄື້ນແລະວົງນ້ຳນັບຮ້ອຍ, ແລະຜົມຈະຕາຂອງພຣະອົງຊຸ່ມຊ່ຳດ້ວຍນ້ຳນາງຢູ່ເສມອ. ໂອ ຜູ້ໃຫ້ດວງຈັນເຂົ້າສູ່ວົງຈອນຂຶ້ນ-ລົງ, ຜູ້ໝຸນວຽນຍຸກໃຫ້ກັບຄືນຊ້ຳໆ, ແລະຜູ້ຂັບເຄື່ອນເມກ—ຂໍນະມັດສະການແດ່ພຣະອົງ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverent recognition of the divine as the regulator of cosmic processes—delusion and clarity, lunar time, the turning of ages, and the movement of clouds—suggesting that dharma is lived best with humility before the vast forces that shape human perception and the natural world.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira and, in the course of his discourse, offers a hymn of praise describing the deity’s cosmic attributes—Ganga in the matted locks, the moon’s cycles, recurring yugas, and cloud-movements—ending with a formal salutation.