Shloka 46

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

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

यः सहस्रसमे सत्रे जज्ञे विश्वसृजामृषि: । हिरण्यपक्ष: शकुनिस्तस्मै हंसात्मने नम:

Transliteration

yaḥ sahasra-same satre jajñe viśva-sṛjām ṛṣiḥ | hiraṇya-pakṣaḥ śakunis tasmai haṃsātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

ਜੋ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ-ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਾ ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਤ੍ਰ-ਯੱਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਵਰਨ ਪੰਖਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਸ਼ਕੁਨੀ-ਰਿਸ਼ੀ (ਪੰਛੀ-ਰੂਪ) ਵਜੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਏ—ਉਸ ਹੰਸਾਤਮਾ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼्वर ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

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

• सहस्रसमे: in the thousandth (year/occasion)
• सहस्रसमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रसम
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्रे: in the sacrificial session (sattra)
• सत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born / manifested
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• विश्वसृजाम्: of the creators of the universe (Prajāpatis)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वसृज्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हिरण्यपक्षः: having golden wings
• हिरण्यपक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शकुनिः: bird
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• हंसात्मने: to the one whose nature is (that of) a swan
• हंसात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंसात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Prajāpatis (world-creators)
• Haṃsa (swan-form)
• Hiraṇya-pakṣa (golden-winged bird-form)
• Satra (thousand-year sacrificial session)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches dharmic reverence: acknowledging the divine as the inner reality behind cosmic creation and sacred ritual. By saluting the Lord in the haṃsa-form, it also points to purity and discriminative wisdom—qualities traditionally associated with the haṃsa.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma offers a hymn-like salutation, recalling a mythic manifestation during a thousand-year satra performed by the world-creating Prajāpatis. The Lord is praised as appearing as a golden-winged bird/swan, and Bhīṣma bows to that haṃsa-formed Supreme.