Shloka 133
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
होत्रं होता च होम्यं च हुतं चैव तथा प्रभु: । त्रिसौपर्ण तथा ब्रह्म यजुषां शतरुद्रियम्
hotraṁ hotā ca homyaṁ ca hutaṁ caiva tathā prabhuḥ | trisauparṇa tathā brahma yajuṣāṁ śatarudriyam ||
毗湿摩说道：唯有你是一切祭仪之职（hotra），是献供之祭司（hotā），是应当投入火中的供品（homya），也是已倾注于火中的供献（huta）——而你亦是赐予祭祀果报的主宰。吠陀中“三翼鸟”（Tri-suparṇa）诸颂与《夜柔吠陀》之《娑多楼陀利耶》（Śatarudriya）篇所见的种种名号，归根究底也都是指向你的名。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the entire sacrificial system—priestly roles, offerings, the act of offering, and the bestowal of results—ultimately rests in and points to the one supreme Lord. Therefore, ritual should be grounded in right understanding and devotion, not treated as an independent mechanism.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues a theological exposition to Yudhiṣṭhira, identifying the deity addressed as the inner reality of Vedic ritual and as the referent of many Vedic epithets, including those in the Tri-suparṇa recitations and the Śatarudriya of the Yajurveda.