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Shloka 118

यज्ञभृद्‌ यज्ञकृद्‌ यज्ञी यज्ञभुग्‌ यज्ञसाधन: । यज्ञान्तकृद्‌ यज्ञगुह्मन्नमन्नाद एव च

yajñabhṛd yajñakṛd yajñī yajñabhug yajñasādhanaḥ | yajñāntakṛd yajñaguhyam annam annāda eva ca ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവൻ യജ്ഞഭൃത്, യജ്ഞകൃത്, യജ്ഞീ—എല്ലാ യജ്ഞങ്ങളും അവനിൽ തന്നേ സമാപിക്കുന്നവൻ. അവൻ യജ്ഞഭുക്—സകല യജ്ഞങ്ങളുടെയും ഭോക്താവ്; അവൻ യജ്ഞസാധനം—യജ്ഞം സിദ്ധിയിലേക്കെത്തിക്കുന്ന ഉപായം. അവൻ യജ്ഞാന്തകൃത്—അന്തിമ ഫലം നൽകുന്നവൻ; യജ്ഞഗുഹ്യം—യജ്ഞത്തിലെ ഗൂഢാന്തർസാരവും അവൻ തന്നേ. അവൻ അന്നം—സകല ജീവികളെയും തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തി പോഷിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ; അവൻ അന്നാദൻ—സകല അന്നങ്ങളുടെയും ഭോക്താവും കൂടിയാണ്॥

यज्ञभृत्bearer/supporter of sacrifices
यज्ञभृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ-भृत् (भृ धातु, कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्विप्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञकृत्performer/creator of sacrifices
यज्ञकृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ-कृत् (कृ धातु, कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्विप्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञीone who performs sacrifice; sacrificer
यज्ञी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञिन् (यज्ञ + इन् प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक: यज्ञिन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञभुक्enjoyer/consumer of sacrifices (of offerings)
यज्ञभुक्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ-भुज् (भुज् धातु, कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्विप्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञसाधनःmeans/instrument of sacrifice
यज्ञसाधनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ-साधन (साधन प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञान्तकृत्one who brings sacrifices to completion / grants their end (fruit)
यज्ञान्तकृत्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ-अन्त-कृत् (कृ धातु, कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्विप्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यज्ञगुह्यम्the secret/mystery of sacrifice
यज्ञगुह्यम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञ-गुह्य (गुह्य प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अन्नम्food; nourishment
अन्नम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अन्नादःeater/consumer of food
अन्नादः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न-अद (अद् धातु, कृत्-प्रत्यय: अण्/अच्; प्रातिपदिक: अन्नाद)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed; just; also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

All sacrificial action—outer ritual and inner discipline—ultimately rests in and returns to the Supreme: He upholds sacrifice, enables it, receives it, and grants its fruits. The verse also shifts emphasis from mere external rite to the ‘secret’ of yajña: selfless intention and inward offering.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and extols the Supreme through a litany of divine names. This verse is part of that praise, describing the Lord as the essence, agent, recipient, and reward of yajña, and as the universal nourisher (food) and enjoyer (eater).