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कीर्तितं परम॑ ब्रह्म सर्वश्रुतिपरायणम् | मड्ूल्यं सर्वभूतानां पवित्र बहुकीर्तितम्
bhīṣma uvāca | kīrtitaṁ paramaṁ brahma sarvaśrutiparāyaṇam | mūlyaṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ pavitraṁ bahukīrtitam |
कीर्तितं परमं ब्रह्म सर्वश्रुतिपरायणम् । मूल्यं सर्वभूतानां पवित्रं बहुकीर्तितम् ॥ तस्यैव सह देवर्षिनृपाणां नामकीर्तनम् । सर्वभूतहितं प्रोक्तं व्याधिनाशनकारकम् ॥ कर्मणां च परा पुष्टिः तस्मात् भारत सर्वदा । प्रातःसायं शुचिर्भूत्वा कीर्तयेद् भगवत्पदम् ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that repeated glorification and remembrance of the Supreme Brahman—understood as the Vedic culmination—is profoundly purifying and auspicious for all beings. He also commends honoring the divine, the seers, and exemplary kings through recitation, as a daily discipline that strengthens one’s conduct and dispels afflictions.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira (addressed as Bharata) on righteous practice. Here he emphasizes a regimen of morning-and-evening devotional recitation: praising the Supreme and remembering revered devas, rishis, and righteous rulers as ethical-spiritual exemplars.