Shloka 67

Bhīṣma’s Śara-śayyā Stuti to Vāsudeva and Yogic Preparation for Dehotsarga

Body-Relinquishment

Devanagari script

युगेष्वावर्तते योगैर्मासरत्वयनहायनै: । सर्गप्रलययो: कर्ता तस्मै कालात्मने नम:

Transliteration

yugeṣv āvartate yogair māsa-ṛtū-ayana-hāyanaiḥ | sarga-pralayayoḥ kartā tasmai kālātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩曰：我礼敬那至上之我——其本体即为时间；于每一劫中，凭瑜伽之力（神圣作用）示现化身，又以月、季、日行之转折（至点）与年之周行，恒常成就创造与毁灭。

Word by Word

• युगेषु: in (the) yugas/ages
• युगेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• आवर्तते: returns/recurs (revolves)
• आवर्तते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√वृत्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• योगैः: by means of yogas/powers
• योगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मास: month
• मास: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ऋतु: season
• ऋतु: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अयन: solstice/half-year (ayana)
• अयन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अहायनैः: by days and years (time-units)
• अहायनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहायन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सर्ग: of creation
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रलययोः: of (the two aspects of) dissolution
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• कर्ता: the doer/creator
• कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• कालात्मने: to the one whose self is Time / the Time-souled (Lord)
• कालात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Kālātmā (Time as the Supreme Self)
• Yuga
• Māsa (month)
• Ṛtu (season)
• Ayana (solar course)
• Hāyana (year)
• Sarga
• Pralaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Time is presented as a form of the Supreme Reality that governs manifestation and dissolution through orderly cycles. Recognizing this cosmic governance encourages humility, detachment from fleeting outcomes, and devotion to the higher principle sustaining dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction setting, Bhishma offers a reverential statement (a namaskāra) describing the divine as Kālātmā—Time itself—who repeatedly manifests across yugas and regulates creation and dissolution through calendrical and cosmic cycles.