Shloka 117
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
जरायुजाण्डजाश्रैव स्वेदजाश्व तथोद्धिजा: । त्वमेव देवदेवेश भूतग्रामश्चतुर्विध:
jarāyujāṇḍajāś caiva svedajāś ca tathodbhijāḥ | tvam eva devadeveśa bhūtagrāmaś caturvidhaḥ ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ ദേവദേവേശാ! ജരായുജം, അണ്ഡജം, സ്വേദജം, ഉദ്ഭിജം—ഇങ്ങനെ നാലുവിധമായ സർവ്വഭൂതസമൂഹവും സത്യത്തിൽ നീ തന്നെയാണ്.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches an all-pervading vision of the Divine: every category of living being—animal, insect, and plant life included—is ultimately grounded in, and not separate from, the Supreme Lord.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs and elevates Yudhiṣṭhira through dharma and spiritual discourse; here he addresses the Supreme Lord in a devotional-philosophical register, affirming that the entire fourfold creation of beings is encompassed by Him.