Shloka 19
Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga
Body-Relinquishment
Devanagari script
नारायणादृषिगणास्तथा सिद्धमहोरगा:
Transliteration
nārāyaṇād ṛṣigaṇās tathā siddhamahoragāḥ
Translation
ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—“ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਤੋਂ ਹੀ ਰਿਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਗਣ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੋਏ; ਅਤੇ ਓਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਿੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਮਹੋਰਗ—ਵੱਡੇ ਸਰਪ ਵੀ।”
Word by Word
नारायणात्from Nārāyaṇa
नारायणात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
ऋषिगणाःgroups of sages
ऋषिगणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋषिगण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाlikewise; and also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
सिद्धमहोरगाःSiddhas and great serpents
सिद्धमहोरगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धमहोरग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
NārāyaṇaṚ
Ṛṣis (sages)S
SiddhasM
Mahoragas (great serpents/Nāgas)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts Nārāyaṇa as the ultimate source: even revered spiritual orders—ṛṣis and siddhas—and powerful non-human beings like great nāgas are presented as originating from Him, reinforcing a theistic grounding for dharma and the cosmic order.
In the Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and higher principles; here he enumerates exalted classes of beings to emphasize Nārāyaṇa’s supremacy and generative role in the cosmos.