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Shloka 146

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

भूतात्मा भूतकृद्धूतो भूतभव्यभवोद्धव: । भूर्भुव: स्वरितश्वैव ध्रुवो दान्तो महेश्वर:

Transliteration

bhūtātmā bhūtakṛd dhūto bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ | bhūr bhuvaḥ svaritaś caiva dhruvo dānto maheśvaraḥ ||

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະອົງແມ່ນອາດຕະພາຍໃນຂອງສັດທັງປວງ ແລະເປັນຜູ້ສ້າງສັດທັງປວງ; ພຣະອົງແມ່ນຜູ້ບໍລິສຸດ ບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ ແລະເປັນບໍ່ນ້ຳພຸທີ່ອະດີດ ອະນາຄົດ ແລະປັດຈຸບັນ ເກີດຂຶ້ນ. ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, Svaḥ—ສາມໂລກ; ພຣະອົງແມ່ນຜູ້ໝັ້ນຄົງ (Dhruva), ຜູ້ສຳລວມຕົນ (Dānta), ແລະພຣະເຈົ້າຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ (Maheśvara).

Word by Word

भूतात्माthe Self of beings

भूतकृत्creator of beings

भूतःthe existent; the ever-accomplished

भूतभव्यभवोद्भवःsource of past, future, and present

भूःBhū (earth/world)

भुवःBhuvaḥ (mid-region/world)

स्वरितःthe one with svarita (Vedic accent); the resounding one

चand

एवindeed

ध्रुवःfixed; steadfast

दान्तःself-controlled

महेश्वरःthe Great Lord

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Maheśvara

Bhūḥ (earth realm)

Bhuvaḥ (mid-world)

Svaḥ (heaven realm)

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?

The verse teaches a unitive vision: the supreme Lord is the inner Self of all beings and the source of time and worlds. Ethical life in Śānti Parva is grounded in this recognition, expressed as steadiness (dhruvatā) and self-restraint (dānta).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he speaks in a hymn-like mode, enumerating divine epithets to describe the supreme reality that underlies creation and moral order.