Shloka 85

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मन्‌ नमस्ते<स्तु विश्वात्मन्‌ विश्वसम्भव । अपवर्गोडसि भूतानां पञ्चानां परत: स्थित:

Transliteration

Viśvakarman namas te 'stu viśvātman viśvasambhava | apavargo 'si bhūtānāṁ pañcānāṁ parataḥ sthitaḥ ||

Translation

ఓ విశ్వకర్మా! నీకు నమస్కారం. ఓ విశ్వాత్మా, విశ్వసంభవా! నీవే ప్రాణులకు అపవర్గం (మోక్షం); నీవు పంచభూతాలకు అతీతంగా నిలిచివున్నావు।

Word by Word

विश्वकर्मन्O Viśvakarman (all-maker)

नमःsalutation

तेto you

अस्तुmay it be

विश्वात्मन्O universal self

विश्वसम्भवO source of the universe

अपवर्गःliberation; final release

असिyou are

भूतानाम्of beings

पञ्चानाम्of the five

परतःbeyond; higher than

स्थितःstanding; situated

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Viśvakarman

Viśvātman

Viśvasambhava

Pañca-bhūta (five elements)

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 identifies the supreme principle as both the cosmic source (viśvasambhava) and the goal of liberation (apavarga). True freedom lies beyond identification with the five elements and the material constitution of embodied life.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction by offering a reverential address to the supreme creative principle (Viśvakarman), framing his teaching within a devotional and metaphysical vision of the ultimate reality that transcends the elemental world.