Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यज्ञ इज्यो महेज्यश्न क्रतुः सत्र सतां गति: । सर्वदर्शी विमुक्तात्मा सर्वज्ञो ज्ञानमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

yajña ijyo mahejyaś ca kratuḥ satra satāṁ gatiḥ | sarvadarśī vimuktātmā sarvajño jñānam uttamam ||

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—ఆయనే యజ్ఞము; పూజనీయుడు; అత్యుత్తమ ఉపాస్యుడు. ఆయనే క్రతువు, ఆయనే సత్రము; సత్పురుషులకు ఆశ్రయము, పరమగతి. ఆయనే సర్వదర్శి; నిత్య విముక్తాత్మస్వరూపుడు; సర్వజ్ఞుడు—మరియు ఆయనే ఉత్తమ జ్ఞానము.

Word by Word

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; the sacrificial principle
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इज्यः: worthy of worship
• इज्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इज्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महेज्यः: supremely worthy of worship
• महेज्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-इज्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रतुः: ritual; sacrificial rite
• क्रतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्रम्: session-sacrifice; sacrificial session
• सत्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सताम्: of the good (people)
• सताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• गतिः: goal; refuge; final state
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वदर्शी: all-seeing
• सर्वदर्शी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-दर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विमुक्तात्मा: whose self is ever free; liberated-souled
• विमुक्तात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वज्ञः: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-ज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: supreme; highest
• उत्तमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Viṣṇu (implied as Bhagavān identified with yajña)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse identifies the Supreme (understood here as Viṣṇu) with the very essence of Vedic religion and spiritual attainment: He is both the object of worship and the sacrificial act, the protector and final goal of the righteous, and the highest knowledge leading to liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma—teaching from his bed of arrows—offers a hymn-like description of the Supreme’s attributes, emphasizing divine supremacy through epithets that connect ritual (yajña/kratu/satra), ethics (satāṁ gatiḥ), and metaphysics (all-seeing, ever-liberated, omniscient, highest knowledge).