Shloka 70
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
सहस्राक्ष विरूपाक्ष त्र्यक्ष यक्षाधिपप्रिय । सर्वतःपाणिपादान्त सर्वतो$क्षिशिरोमुख
sahasrākṣa virūpākṣa tryakṣa yakṣādhipapriya | sarvataḥpāṇipādānta sarvato'kṣiśiromukha ||
ଆପଣ ସହସ୍ରନେତ୍ରଧାରୀ—ତେଣୁ ସହସ୍ରାକ୍ଷ; ବିଚିତ୍ର ଦୃଷ୍ଟିଧାରୀ—ତେଣୁ ବିରୂପାକ୍ଷ; ତ୍ରିନେତ୍ରଧାରୀ—ତେଣୁ ତ୍ର୍ୟକ୍ଷ; ଏବଂ ଯକ୍ଷାଧିପ କୁବେରଙ୍କ ପ୍ରିୟ। ଆପଣଙ୍କ ହାତ ଓ ପାଦ ସବୁଦିଗରେ; ସବୁଦିଗରେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଚକ୍ଷୁ, ଶିର, ମୁଖ ଅଛି।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the divine witness is all‑seeing and all‑pervading; therefore ethical life (dharma) should be lived with inner accountability, reverence, and self‑restraint, knowing that nothing is truly hidden from the cosmic order.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Bhishma offers a devotional address describing the deity’s universal form—eyes, heads, faces, hands, and feet everywhere—while also linking the deity to well-known epithets (including being dear to Kubera, lord of the Yakshas).