Shloka 121
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
यजुर्मयो ऋड्मयश्न त्वमाहुतिमयस्तथा । पठ्यसे स्तुतिभिश्चिव वेदोपनिषदां गणै:
yajur-mayo ṛg-mayaś ca tvam āhuti-mayas tathā | paṭhyase stutibhiś caiva vedopaniṣadāṁ gaṇaiḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Ikaw ang pinakadiwa ng Yajurveda at Ṛgveda; Ikaw rin ang mismong handog na iniaalay sa sakripisyo. Ang kabuuan ng mga Veda at mga Upaniṣad ay nagpapahayag ng Iyong kadakilaan sa pamamagitan ng mga himno ng papuri—itinuturo na ang pinakamataas na katotohanan ay hindi hiwalay sa banal na kaalaman at sa matuwid na pagsamba, kundi siyang panloob na saligan ng kapwa.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the Supreme (addressed as 'you') as the inner essence of scripture (Vedas/Upaniṣads) and of ritual action (āhuti). Ethical and spiritual life is thus grounded in recognizing one reality behind knowledge, worship, and dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing and praising the highest principle/deity while teaching Yudhiṣṭhira. Here he offers a stuti that frames Vedic recitation and sacrificial offering as ultimately directed to—and constituted by—the same Supreme reality.