Shloka 97

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

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

यथा विष्णुमयं सत्यं यथा विष्णुमयं जगत्‌ । यथा विष्णुमयं सर्व पाप्मा मे नश्यतां तथा

Transliteration

yathā viṣṇumayaṃ satyaṃ yathā viṣṇumayaṃ jagat | yathā viṣṇumayaṃ sarvaṃ pāpmā me naśyatāṃ tathā ||

Translation

ਜਿਵੇਂ ਸੱਚ ਵਿਸ਼ਨੁ-ਮਯ ਹੈ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਸਾਰਾ ਜਗਤ ਵਿਸ਼ਨੁ-ਮਯ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਵਿਸ਼ਨੁ-ਮਯ ਹੈ—ਉਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਇਸ ਸੱਚ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਪਾਪ ਨਾਸ ਹੋ ਜਾਣ।

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विष्णुमयम्: consisting of Vishnu; pervaded by Vishnu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णुमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विष्णुमयम्: pervaded by Vishnu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णुमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जगत्: world, universe
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विष्णुमयम्: pervaded by Vishnu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णुमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, everything
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पाप्मा: sin, evil (sinfulness)
• पाप्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• नश्यताम्: may (it) perish; let (it) be destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Lot (Imperative/benedictive sense), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• तथा: so, thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Viṣṇu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms Viṣṇu’s all-pervading presence in truth, the world, and all things, and invokes the purifying power of satya (truth) as a force that destroys moral impurity (pāpmā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, in the instruction-filled Śānti Parva, utters a truth-formula (satya-vacana) that functions like a vow or solemn affirmation, seeking the destruction of his sins through the spiritual efficacy of truth grounded in Viṣṇu’s omnipresence.