Shloka 115
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
उन्मादन शतावर्त गज्भातोयाद्रमूर्थज । चन्द्रावर्त युगावर्त मेघावर्त नमो<स्तु ते
unmādana-śatāvarta-gaṅgā-bhātoya-ārdra-mūrdhaja | candrāvarta-yugāvarta-meghāvarta namo 'stu te ||
毗湿摩说道：噢，使诸世界陷入迷狂者——恒河在你头顶涌起百重波涛与旋涡，你的结发恒常为其水所浸；噢，使月亮进入亏盈之轮者，使诸劫（时代）在回旋中复归者，使云团运行者——向你致敬。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverent recognition of the divine as the regulator of cosmic processes—delusion and clarity, lunar time, the turning of ages, and the movement of clouds—suggesting that dharma is lived best with humility before the vast forces that shape human perception and the natural world.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira and, in the course of his discourse, offers a hymn of praise describing the deity’s cosmic attributes—Ganga in the matted locks, the moon’s cycles, recurring yugas, and cloud-movements—ending with a formal salutation.