Shloka 70

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

सहस्राक्ष विरूपाक्ष त्र्यक्ष यक्षाधिपप्रिय । सर्वतःपाणिपादान्त सर्वतो$क्षिशिरोमुख

Transliteration

sahasrākṣa virūpākṣa tryakṣa yakṣādhipapriya | sarvataḥpāṇipādānta sarvato'kṣiśiromukha ||

Translation

«О Тысячеглазый, о Дивноокий, о Трёхглазый, возлюбленный владыкой якшей! Твои руки и ноги простираются во все стороны; во все стороны — Твои глаза, Твои главы и Твои лики.»

Word by Word

• सहस्राक्ष: O thousand-eyed one
• सहस्राक्ष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्राक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विरूपाक्ष: O strange/variegated-eyed one
• विरूपाक्ष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूपाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्र्यक्ष: O three-eyed one
• त्र्यक्ष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यक्षाधिपप्रिय: O beloved of the lord of Yakṣas (Kubera)
• यक्षाधिपप्रिय: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यक्षाधिपप्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides; everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः
• Form: true

• पाणि: hands
• पाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाद: feet
• पाद: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अन्त: ends/limits (extremities)
• अन्त: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वतः: on all sides; everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः
• Form: true

• अक्षि: eyes
• अक्षि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शिरस्: heads
• शिरस्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• मुख: faces/mouths
• मुख: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yakshadhipa (Kubera)
• Yakshas
• the addressed deity (all‑pervading, thousand‑eyed, three‑eyed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the divine witness is all‑seeing and all‑pervading; therefore ethical life (dharma) should be lived with inner accountability, reverence, and self‑restraint, knowing that nothing is truly hidden from the cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shanti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Bhishma offers a devotional address describing the deity’s universal form—eyes, heads, faces, hands, and feet everywhere—while also linking the deity to well-known epithets (including being dear to Kubera, lord of the Yakshas).