Shloka 90

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

भीमदुन्दुभिहासाय भीमव्रतधराय च । उग्राय च नमो नित्यं नमो<स्तु दशबाहवे

Transliteration

bhīmadundubhihāsāya bhīmavratadharāya ca | ugrāya ca namo nityaṃ namo 'stu daśabāhave ||

Translation

我恒常礼拜那笑声如巨鼓雷鸣者；那持可畏誓愿者；那威猛凶烈者。愿我向十臂之尊致敬。

Word by Word

• भीमदुन्दुभिहासाय: to the one whose laughter is like a terrible drum
• भीमदुन्दुभिहासाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमदुन्दुभिहास
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• भीमव्रतधराय: to the bearer of a terrible vow
• भीमव्रतधराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमव्रतधर
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उग्राय: to the fierce one
• उग्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let there be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• दशबाहवे: to the ten-armed one
• दशबाहवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Daśabāhu (ten-armed deity, epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models reverence for immense power when joined to disciplined vows (vrata). In the Śānti Parva’s ethical atmosphere, strength is not praised as mere violence, but as force restrained and directed by steadfast resolve and dharmic purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma utters a formula of salutation, praising a formidable, fierce figure described by epithets—roaring laughter like a war-drum, vow-bearing discipline, and ten arms—serving as an invocation within the broader instruction of Śānti Parva.