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Shloka 1146

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

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

varaṁ pinākī bhagavān sarvabhūtahite rataḥ |

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—സർവ്വഭൂതഹിതത്തിൽ നിരതനായ പിനാകധാരിയായ ഭഗവാൻ ശിവൻ വരം നൽകി; അതുമാത്രമല്ല, കഴുകിനും കുറുക്കനും പോലും അവരുടെ വിശപ്പ് ശമിക്കുമെന്ന വരവും അനുഗ്രഹിച്ചു।

वरम्boon
वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पिनाकीthe bearer of the Pinaka (Shiva)
पिनाकी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपिनाकिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वभूतहितेin the welfare of all beings
सर्वभूतहिते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूतहित
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
रतःengaged, devoted
रतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Ś
Śiva
P
Pināka (bow)
V
vulture
J
jackal

Educational Q&A

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.

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.