Shloka 95
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
नमो रक्तविरक्ताय भावनायाक्षमालिने । सम्भिन्नाय विभिन्नाय छायायातपनाय च
namo raktaviraktāya bhāvanāyākṣamāline | sambhinnāya vibhinnāya chāyāyātapanāya ca ||
Pagpupugay sa Kataas-taasang prinsipyo na kapwa may pagkapit at pagkalaya; sa panloob na kapangyarihan ng pag-iral at pagninilay, at sa may hawak ng rosaryo ng mga pantig na di-nasisira. Pagpupugay din sa katotohanang minsang iisa at minsang marami, at nagpapakita bilang lilim at init—mga magkasalungat na pinagbubuklod sa iisang, sumasaklaw-sa-lahat na saligan.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises the highest principle as encompassing opposites—attachment and detachment, unity and multiplicity, shade and heat—suggesting that ultimate dharma and truth transcend rigid binaries and hold the world’s contradictions within a single coherent reality.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and higher wisdom; here he shifts into a hymn-like salutation, invoking the Supreme through paradoxical epithets to orient ethical teaching within a devotional and metaphysical framework.