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Shloka 177

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

सर्वभूतकरो यस्मात्‌ सर्वभूतपति्हर: । सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा च तेन त्वं न निमन्त्रित:,आप सम्पूर्ण भूतोंके जन्मदाता, सबके पालक और संहारक हैं; तथा आप ही समस्त प्राणियोंके अन्तरात्मा हैं। इसीलिये मैंने आपको पृथक्‌ निमन्त्रण नहीं दिया

sarvabhūtakaro yasmāt sarvabhūtapatiḥ haraḥ | sarvabhūtāntarātmā ca tena tvaṃ na nimantritaḥ ||

మీరు సమస్త భూతాలకు కర్త, సమస్తానికి ప్రభువు మరియు హరుడు (సంహారకుడు); అలాగే సమస్త ప్రాణుల అంతరాత్మ కూడా మీరే—అందుకే మిమ్మల్ని ప్రత్యేకంగా ఆహ్వానించలేదు।

सर्वभूतकरःcreator of all beings
सर्वभूतकरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूतकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यस्मात्because of whom / from whom
यस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
सर्वभूतपतिःlord of all beings
सर्वभूतपतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूतपति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हरःremover/destroyer
हरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वभूतान्तरात्माinner self of all beings
सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूतान्तरात्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तेनtherefore / by that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
निमन्त्रितःinvited (was)
निमन्त्रितः:
TypeVerb
Rootनिमन्त्रित
FormPassive (PPP), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
T
the Supreme Lord (as creator, sustainer, destroyer, and inner Self)

Educational Q&A

The verse affirms the Lord’s all-pervading nature: as the creator, sustainer, and withdrawer of all beings, and as the indwelling Self in everyone. Since the divine is already present in all and governs all, a separate, external invitation is ultimately unnecessary—devotion recognizes God’s constant presence rather than treating Him as a distant guest.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction setting, Bhishma addresses the divine (or the supreme principle) and explains why he did not offer a distinct formal invitation: the one addressed is already the inner ruler of all beings and the cosmic source and end of life, so no separate summoning is required.