Shloka 117
भूर्भुव:स्वस्तरुस्तार: सविता प्रपितामह: । यज्ञो यज्ञपतिर्यज्वा यज्ञाड़ो यज्ञवाहन:
bhūrbhuvaḥsvas tarus tāraḥ savitā prapitāmahaḥ | yajño yajñapatir yajvā yajñāṅgo yajñavāhanaḥ ||
Bhīṣma berkata: Dialah bumi, alam pertengahan, dan syurga—tiga dunia itu sendiri; pohon kosmik yang menegakkan kewujudan; pengemudi feri yang menyeberangkan makhluk melintasi lautan saṃsāra; Savitā, Pencipta yang melahirkan segala-galanya; Sang Nenek Moyang Purba, bahkan melampaui Brahmā. Dialah yajña itu sendiri, Tuhan yang memerintah segala yajña, penyembah yang melaksanakannya, Dia yang tubuhnya tersusun daripada anggota-anggota korban suci, dan kuasa yang memikul serta menyampaikan yajña hingga ke kesudahannya yang ditetapkan.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The Supreme is presented as both the cosmos (the three worlds) and the sacred means within it (yajña). Therefore, righteous action and worship should be offered as participation in a divine order, not as ego-driven performance; the doer, the deed, and the goal are ultimately grounded in the same highest reality.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira and recites the Viṣṇu-sahasranāma. This verse is a cluster of divine epithets praising the Lord as cosmic foundation and as the very principle of sacrifice—its presiding lord, performer, constituents, and vehicle—emphasizing devotion and dharmic worship.