Shloka 23
Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga
Body-Relinquishment
हरिं सहस्रशिरसं सहस्नचरणेक्षणम्
hariṃ sahasraśirasaṃ sahasracaraṇekṣaṇam
Sabi ni Bhīṣma: “(Pinagninilayan ko) si Hari—ang Panginoong sumasaklaw sa lahat—na iniisip na may sanlibong ulo, at may di-mabilang na mga paa at mga mata.” Ito’y makatang paraan ng pagpapatibay na ang Banal ay nasa lahat ng dako at may naghaharing kamalayan sa lahat ng nilalang at lahat ng gawa.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverent contemplation of the Divine as omnipresent and all-seeing: describing Hari with innumerable heads, feet, and eyes underscores that no action is outside divine awareness, encouraging ethical self-restraint and dharmic conduct.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right living; here he invokes Hari in exalted, cosmic imagery as part of a devotional or contemplative framing for moral instruction.