Shloka 78

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

त्रिजटाय त्रिशीर्षाय त्रिशूलवरपाणिने । त्र्यम्बकाय नत्रिनेत्राय त्रिपुरघ्नाय वै नम:,आप तीन जटा और तीन मस्तक धारण करनेवाले हैं। आपके हाथमें श्रेष्ठ त्रिशूल शोभा पाता है। आप त््यम्बक, त्रिनेत्रधारी तथा त्रिपुरासुरका विनाश करनेवाले हैं। आपको नमस्कार है

Transliteration

trijaṭāya triśīrṣāya triśūlavarapāṇine | tryambakāya trinetrāya tripuraghnāya vai namaḥ ||

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ ผู้ทรงชฎาสามและเศียรสาม ผู้ทรงตรีศูลอันประเสริฐในพระหัตถ์ พระไตรยัมพกะผู้มีสามเนตร ผู้ทำลายตรีปุระ—ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์

Word by Word

त्रिजटायto the three-matted-haired one

त्रिशीर्षायto the three-headed one

त्रिशूलवरपाणिनेto him whose hand bears the excellent trident

त्र्यम्बकायto Tryambaka (the three-eyed Lord)

नnot

त्रिनेत्रायto the three-eyed one

त्रिपुरघ्नायto the slayer of Tripura

वैindeed

नमःsalutation

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Shiva (Tryambaka/Trinetra/Tripuraghna)

Trishula (trident)

Tripura

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverence and humility: by praising Shiva as the destroyer of Tripura and the three-eyed Lord, it points to a higher moral order that subdues pride and protects dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is reciting a devotional salutation (stuti) to Shiva, invoking his well-known epithets and mythic deed (the destruction of Tripura) as part of Shanti Parva’s broader instruction on righteous conduct and spiritual orientation after the war.