Shloka 79

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

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

अप्रमेयशरीराय सर्वतोबुद्धिचक्षुषे । अनन्तपरिमेयाय तस्मै दिव्यात्मने नमः

Transliteration

aprameyaśarīrāya sarvatobuddhicakṣuṣe | anantaparimeyāya tasmai divyātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма воздаёт почтение Высшему Божественному Я — чьё естество не постижимо никакими обычными средствами доказательства, чья мысль есть всепроникающее око, зрящее во все стороны, и в ком объемлется неизмеримая бесконечность всех предметов и смыслов.

Word by Word

• अप्रमेय-शरीराय: to the one whose body is immeasurable/unknowable by pramāṇa
• अप्रमेय-शरीराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्रमेयशरीर
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वतः-बुद्धि-चक्षुषे: to the one whose eye (vision) is intellect everywhere
• सर्वतः-बुद्धि-चक्षुषे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वतोबुद्धिचक्षुस्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अनन्त-परिमेयाय: to the one measurable as infinite / of infinite measure
• अनन्त-परिमेयाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्तपरिमेय
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• दिव्य-आत्मने: to the divine self
• दिव्य-आत्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्यात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्
• Form: true

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Divyātmā (Supreme Lord/Paramātman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverence for the Supreme as transcendent and all-knowing: God is beyond empirical verification (aprameya), yet is the universal witness through omnipresent intelligence (sarvatobuddhicakṣus). Recognizing this reality supports ethical life by grounding humility, right discernment, and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he pauses to offer a hymn-like salutation, praising the Divine Self’s immeasurable nature and omniscient awareness, setting a devotional and philosophical tone within his ethical instruction.