Shloka 70

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

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

पर: कालात्‌ परो यज्ञात्‌ परात्‌ परतरश्न यः । अनादिरादिरविश्वस्य तस्मै विश्वात्मने नम:

Transliteration

paraḥ kālāt paro yajñāt parāt parataraś ca yaḥ | anādir ādir viśvasya tasmai viśvātmanē namaḥ ||

Translation

ଯିଏ କାଳରୁ ପରେ, ଯଜ୍ଞରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରେ, ଏବଂ ‘ପରେ’ ଠାରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପରେ; ଯିଏ ସମଗ୍ର ବିଶ୍ୱର ଆଦି, କିନ୍ତୁ ଯାହାଙ୍କର କୌଣସି ଆଦି ନାହିଁ—ସେହି ବିଶ୍ୱାତ୍ମା ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କୁ ନମସ୍କାର।

Word by Word

• परः: supreme; beyond
• परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालात्: from time; beyond time (than time)
• कालात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• परः: supreme; beyond
• परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञात्: from sacrifice; beyond sacrifice (than sacrifice)
• यज्ञात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• परात्: from the beyond; beyond even the beyond
• परात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• परतरः: still more supreme; farther beyond
• परतरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परतर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनादिः: beginningless
• अनादिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आदिः: origin; first cause
• आदिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विश्वस्य: of the universe
• विश्वस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तस्मै: to him; unto that (one)
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• विश्वात्मने: to the Soul of the universe
• विश्वात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नमः: salutation; homage
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्
• Form: true

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Viśvātman (the Supreme Lord / Universal Self)
• Kāla (Time)
• Yajña (Sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The Supreme is beyond time and beyond ritual action; He is the source of the universe yet Himself beginningless. Therefore, the highest dharma culminates in recognizing and revering that ultimate ground of all order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma—teaching from his bed of arrows—utters a hymn-like salutation, elevating the discussion from social and royal duties to the supreme principle that underlies all dharma.