Shloka 70

Devanagari script

पर: कालात्‌ परो यज्ञात्‌ परात्‌ परतरश्न यः । अनादिरादिरविश्वस्य तस्मै विश्वात्मने नम:,जो कालसे परे हैं, यज्ञसे भी परे हैं और परेसे भी अत्यन्त परे हैं, जो सम्पूर्ण विश्वके आदि हैं; किंतु जिनका आदि कोई भी नहीं है, उन विश्वात्मा परमेश्वरको नमस्कार है

Transliteration

paraḥ kālāt paro yajñāt parāt parataraś ca yaḥ | anādir ādir viśvasya tasmai viśvātmanē namaḥ ||

Translation

جو کال سے ماورا ہے، یَجْن سے بھی ماورا ہے، اور ‘ماورا’ سے بھی نہایت ماورا ہے؛ جو سارے وِشوَ کا آدِی ہے مگر خود بےآغاز ہے—اُس وِشوَاتما پرمیشور کو نمسکار ہے۔

Word by Word

परःsupreme; beyond

कालात्from time; beyond time (than time)

परःsupreme; beyond

यज्ञात्from sacrifice; beyond sacrifice (than sacrifice)

परात्from the beyond; beyond even the beyond

परतरःstill more supreme; farther beyond

यःwho

अनादिःbeginningless

आदिःorigin; first cause

विश्वस्यof the universe

तस्मैto him; unto that (one)

विश्वात्मनेto the Soul of the universe

नमःsalutation; homage

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Viśvātman (the Supreme Lord / Universal Self)

Kāla (Time)

Yajña (Sacrifice)

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 Supreme is beyond time and beyond ritual action; He is the source of the universe yet Himself beginningless. Therefore, the highest dharma culminates in recognizing and revering that ultimate ground of all order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma—teaching from his bed of arrows—utters a hymn-like salutation, elevating the discussion from social and royal duties to the supreme principle that underlies all dharma.