Shloka 32

प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence

Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue

Devanagari script

शान्तियज्ञरतो दान्तो ब्रह्मयज्ञे स्थितो मुनि: । वाड्मन:कर्मयज्ञश्च भविष्याम्युदगायने

Transliteration

śāntiyajñarato dānto brahmayajñe sthito muniḥ | vāṅmanaḥkarmayajñaś ca bhaviṣyāmy udagāyane ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ନିବୃତ୍ତିପରାୟଣ ହୋଇ ମୁଁ ଶାନ୍ତି-ଯଜ୍ଞରେ ରତ ରହିବି; ମନ ଓ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟକୁ ଦମନ କରି ବ୍ରହ୍ମଯଜ୍ଞରେ—ବେଦ-ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରର ସ୍ୱାଧ୍ୟାୟରେ—ସ୍ଥିତ ରହି ମୁନିଧର୍ମ ପାଳନ କରିବି। ଏବଂ ଉତ୍ତରାୟଣ ଆସିଲେ ବାକ୍, ମନ ଓ କର୍ମର ତ୍ରିବିଧ ଯଜ୍ଞ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠାନ କରିବି—ଜପ ଓ ସ୍ୱାଧ୍ୟାୟ ହେବ ବାଗ୍ଯଜ୍ଞ, ଧ୍ୟାନ ହେବ ମନୋଯଜ୍ଞ, ଏବଂ ଅଗ୍ନିହୋତ୍ର ଓ ଗୁରୁସେବା ଆଦି ହେବ କର୍ମଯଜ୍ଞ—ଯେପରି ଶୁଭ ଉତ୍ତରପଥରେ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କରିପାରିବି।

Word by Word

• शान्ति-यज्ञ-रतः: devoted to the peace-sacrifice
• शान्ति-यज्ञ-रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दान्तः: self-controlled
• दान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म-यज्ञे: in the brahma-yajña (Vedic study/recitation)
• ब्रह्म-यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्थितः: standing/established
• स्थितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाक्-मनः-कर्म-यज्ञः: the sacrifice consisting of speech, mind, and action
• वाक्-मनः-कर्म-यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भविष्यामि: I shall be / I shall become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उदगायने: at/under the northward course (uttarāyaṇa)
• उदगायने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदगायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• udagāyana (uttarāyaṇa)
• brahma-yajña
• vāṅ-manaḥ-karma-yajña

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that true dharma can be lived as a continuous ‘yajña’ (sacrificial offering) through disciplined speech, mind, and action—by japa and scriptural study, meditation, and righteous duties—grounded in peace (śānti) and self-control (dama).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, lying on his bed of arrows and instructing Yudhiṣṭhira in Śānti Parva, describes his own intended spiritual regimen: he will remain devoted to peace and Brahma-yajña and, at the auspicious time of uttarāyaṇa, depart by the northern course through sustained inner and outer disciplines.