Shloka 101

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

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एतावदुकत्वा वचन भीष्मस्तद्गतमानस: । नम इत्येव कृष्णाय प्रणाममकरोत्‌ तदा,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! उस समय भीष्मजीका मन भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णमें लगा हुआ था, उन्होंने ऊपर बतायी हुई स्तुति करनेके पश्चात्‌ “नमः श्रीकृष्णाय” कहकर उन्हें प्रणाम किया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca: etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ bhīṣmas tad-gata-mānasaḥ | nama ity eva kṛṣṇāya praṇāmam akarot tadā ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ జనమేజయా! ఇంత చెప్పి, మనస్సు శ్రీకృష్ణునందే లీనమై ఉన్న భీష్ముడు ఆ స్తుతి ముగించి, “నమః శ్రీకృష్ణాయ” అని పలికి అప్పుడే ప్రణామం చేశాడు.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एतावत्this much

उक्त्वाhaving said

वचनम्speech, words

भीष्मःBhishma

तद्गतमानसःwhose mind was fixed on him (Krishna)

नमःsalutation

इतिthus

एवindeed, just

कृष्णायto Krishna

प्रणामम्bow, obeisance

अकरोत्did, made

तदाthen, at that time

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīṣma

Kṛṣṇa

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?

That true understanding culminates in humility and devotion: after speaking, Bhīṣma’s mind rests in Kṛṣṇa, and he seals his words with reverent surrender (namaḥ) expressed through praṇāma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates to Janamejaya that Bhīṣma, having finished his preceding praise/instruction, becomes inwardly absorbed in Kṛṣṇa and then formally salutes Him by saying “namaḥ (to) Kṛṣṇa” and bowing.