Shloka 96
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
रागी और विरागी-दोनों जिनके स्वरूप हैं, जो ध्यानपरायण, रुद्राक्षकी माला धारण करनेवाले, कारण-रूपसे सबमें व्याप्त और कार्यरूपसे पृथक्-पृथक् दिखायी देनेवाले हैं तथा जो सम्पूर्ण जगत्को छाया और धूप प्रदान करते हैं, उन भगवान् शंकरको नमस्कार है ।। अघोरघोररूपाय घोरघोरतराय च । नम: शिवाय शान्ताय नमः शान्ततमाय च,जो अघोर, घोर और घोरसे भी घोरतर रूप धारण करनेवाले हैं तथा जो शिव, शान्त एवं परमशान्तरूप हैं, उन भगवान् शंकरको मेरा बारंबार नमस्कार है
aghora-ghora-rūpāya ghora-ghoratārāya ca | namaḥ śivāya śāntāya namaḥ śāntatamāya ca ||
(rāgī ca virāgī ca—ubhayam yasya svarūpam; dhyāna-parāyaṇaḥ; rudrākṣa-mālā-dhārī; kāraṇa-rūpeṇa sarvatra vyāptaḥ, kārya-rūpeṇa pṛthak pṛthag iva dṛśyamānaḥ; sarva-jagatāṃ chāyā-tapaḥ-pradaḥ—taṃ bhagavantaṃ śaṅkaraṃ namāmi.)
Bhīṣma oferece repetida homenagem ao Senhor Śaṅkara (Śiva): aquele cuja natureza abrange apego e desapego; absorto em meditação e portador do rosário de rudrākṣa; que, como causa, permeia todos os seres, mas, como efeitos, aparece em formas distintas; e que concede ao mundo inteiro sombra e calor. Saudações a Śiva—pacífico e supremamente sereno—que assume formas não terríveis, terríveis e ainda mais terríveis que o terrível, e contudo permanece a própria auspiciosidade.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Divine (Shiva) transcends apparent opposites—fierce and gentle, attached and detached, many and one. He pervades all as the underlying cause, yet appears as diverse effects; therefore reverence is due to the One who contains and harmonizes all polarities while remaining supremely peaceful.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma offers a devotional salutation (stuti) to Shiva, praising his cosmic pervasiveness, ascetic symbolism (rudraksha, meditation), and paradoxical nature (aghora/ghora), before continuing the broader discourse on dharma and spiritual understanding.