Shloka 102

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

अभिगम्य तु योगेन भक्ति भीष्मस्य माधव: । त्रैलोक्यदर्शन ज्ञानं दिव्यं दत््वा ययौ हरि:

Transliteration

abhigamya tu yogena bhaktiṃ bhīṣmasya mādhavaḥ | trailokyadarśana-jñānaṃ divyaṃ datvā yayau hariḥ ||

Translation

ମାଧବ (ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣ) ନିଜ ଯୋଗବଳରେ ଭୀଷ୍ମଙ୍କ ଭକ୍ତିକୁ ଜାଣି, ତାଙ୍କ ନିକଟକୁ ଯାଇ ତ୍ରିଲୋକଦର୍ଶନ ଦେଇଥିବା ଦିବ୍ୟ ଜ୍ଞାନ ପ୍ରଦାନ କଲେ; ପରେ ଭଗବାନ୍ ହରି ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्यय), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• योगेन: by (his) yoga / yogic power
• योगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भक्तिम्: devotion
• भक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• माधवः: Madhava (Krishna)
• माधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रैलोक्य-दर्शन-ज्ञानम्: knowledge (that gives) vision of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य-दर्शन-ज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य-दर्शन-ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दत्त्वा: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: क्त्वा, कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• ययौ: went/returned
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), Third, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu/Krishna)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Hari (Kṛṣṇa)
• the three worlds (trailokya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True devotion aligned with dharma becomes a fit vessel for higher knowledge; the Lord’s grace manifests as clarifying insight (divya jñāna) that expands one’s vision beyond immediate suffering to a wider moral and cosmic perspective.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa, perceiving Bhīṣma’s devotion through yogic power, approaches him, grants a divine knowledge connected with perceiving the three worlds, and then departs—marking a moment of bestowed spiritual illumination within the Shānti Parva’s reflective setting.