Shloka 36

Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman

Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra

Devanagari script

स एष हि महाबाहु: सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः । अच्युत: पुण्डरीकाक्ष: सर्वभूतादिरीश्वर:,ये सम्पूर्ण भूतोंक आदि कारण, सर्वलोकवन्दित ईश्वर महाबाहु कमलनयन अच्युत हैं

Transliteration

sa eṣa hi mahābāhuḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ | acyutaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ sarvabhūtādir īśvaraḥ ||

Translation

பீஷ்மர் கூறினார்—இவனே மகாபாகு; எல்லா உலகங்களாலும் வணங்கப்படுபவன்; அச்யுதன், தாமரைக்கண் உடையவன், எல்லா உயிர்களுக்கும் ஆதிமூலமான ஈசன்.

Word by Word

सःhe, that (one)

एषःthis (one)

हिindeed, for

महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed one

सर्वलोकनमस्कृतःrevered by all worlds

अच्युतःAcyuta (the infallible one)

पुण्डरीकाक्षःlotus-eyed

सर्वभूतादिःthe beginning/source of all beings

ईश्वरःthe Lord

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)

Acyuta (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)

Īśvara (the Lord)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms the supreme Lord’s universal reverence and his role as the first cause of all beings, encouraging a dharmic worldview grounded in devotion and recognition of divine sovereignty.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha) is instructing and consoling after the war; here he identifies and praises the Lord (Acyuta/lotus-eyed) as the universally worshipped source and ruler of all beings.