Shloka 70
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
सहस्राक्ष विरूपाक्ष त्र्यक्ष यक्षाधिपप्रिय । सर्वतःपाणिपादान्त सर्वतो$क्षिशिरोमुख
sahasrākṣa virūpākṣa tryakṣa yakṣādhipapriya | sarvataḥpāṇipādānta sarvato'kṣiśiromukha ||
“噢，千眼者！噢，异相之眼者！噢，三眼者！雅叉之主所钟爱者！你的手足遍及四方；四方之中，皆有你的眼、你的首、你的面。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the divine witness is all‑seeing and all‑pervading; therefore ethical life (dharma) should be lived with inner accountability, reverence, and self‑restraint, knowing that nothing is truly hidden from the cosmic order.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Bhishma offers a devotional address describing the deity’s universal form—eyes, heads, faces, hands, and feet everywhere—while also linking the deity to well-known epithets (including being dear to Kubera, lord of the Yakshas).