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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 47

भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival

Devanagari script

दृष्ट: पश्येदहरह: संश्रित: प्रतिसंश्रयेत्‌ । अर्चितश्षार्चयेन्नित्यं स देवो द्विजसत्तमा:

Transliteration

dṛṣṭaḥ paśyed aharahaḥ saṁśritaḥ pratisaṁśrayet | arcitaś cārcayen nityaṁ sa devo dvijasattama ||

Translation

Hỡi bậc lưỡng sinh ưu tú, Đức Chúa đáp lại đúng theo cách người sùng mộ đến gần: ai chiêm bái Ngài ngày này qua ngày khác sẽ được Ngài đoái nhìn bằng ánh mắt từ ân; ai nương tựa nơi Ngài thì thấy Ngài cũng an trú trong chính trái tim mình; và ai thờ phụng Ngài sẽ được Ngài hằng tôn vinh trở lại.

Word by Word

दृष्टःone who has been seen / when seen

पश्येत्should see / would look upon

अहरहःday by day, daily

संश्रितःone who has taken refuge / dependent

प्रतिसंश्रयेत्should take refuge in return / should resort to

अर्चितःone who is worshipped / when worshipped

चand

अर्चयेत्should worship / would honor

नित्यम्always, constantly

सःhe

देवःgod, deity

द्विजसत्तमाःO best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

Speaker

ईश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Īśvara (the Lord/Deity)

dvijasattama (addressed brahmin)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reciprocal grace: consistent daily remembrance/vision, taking refuge, and worship of the Lord are met with the Lord’s compassionate regard, inner support, and honoring of the devotee—encouraging steady bhakti and surrender as a dharmic path.

What is happening in the narrative?

Īśvara addresses a brahmin (dvijasattama), explaining how the divine responds to different modes of approach—seeing, seeking refuge, and worship—by mirroring and fulfilling them through grace, indwelling support, and honor.