Shloka 104

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

समुद्रवासिने नित्यं हरये मुजजकेशिने । शान्ताय सर्वभूतानां मोक्षधर्मानुभाषिणे

Transliteration

samudravāsine nityaṃ haraye muñjakeśine | śāntāya sarvabhūtānāṃ mokṣadharmānubhāṣiṇe ||

Translation

毗耶娑说道：“当向圣哈利（Śrī Hari）恭敬顶礼——他恒居大海之中，发如牟阇草（muñja）之束；他即是安寂本身，并向一切众生宣说解脱之法（mokṣa-dharma）。”

Word by Word

• समुद्रवासिने: to the one dwelling in the ocean
• समुद्रवासिने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्रवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• हरये: to Hari
• हरये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• मुञ्जकेशिने: to the one whose hair is like muñja-grass
• मुञ्जकेशिने: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुञ्जकेशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• शान्ताय: to the peaceful one
• शान्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• सर्वभूतानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• मोक्षधर्मानुभाषिणे: to the expounder of the dharma of liberation
• मोक्षधर्मानुभाषिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मानुभाषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Ocean (Samudra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches reverence toward Hari as the embodiment of peace and as the universal instructor of mokṣa-dharma. Ethically, it links devotion with inner restraint and liberation-oriented conduct: honoring the source of śānti and the guidance that leads beyond bondage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the mokṣa-dharma discourse of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa offers a devotional injunction: to bow to Hari described through epithets (ocean-dweller, muñja-haired, peaceful, teacher of liberation). It functions as a praise-and-salutation that frames the ensuing or surrounding instruction in liberation.